DOI: 10.11648/j.ajp.20241003.14 ISSN: 2472-0909

Anesthesia Management of a Child with Severe Pectus Excavatum Complicated with Heart Compression Displacement

Jiaqi Yang, Xuejie Li
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We report the anesthesia management of a severe pectus excavatum with cardiac compression displacement under thoracoscopic correction with general anesthesia. Preoperative chest computed tomography showed that the lower end of the sternum was significantly depressed, and the distance between the depressed sternum and the spine was less than 2cm. The heart was obviously compressed and shifted to the left thoracic cavity. During the intraoperative reversal of the orthopedic plate, the blood flow velocity of the tricuspid valve increased to 87.9cm/s and showed a single peak. The transesophageal echocardiography indicated mild tricuspid valve regurgitant flow, and the blood pressure dropped rapidly. After the surgeon was informed of the situation, the orthopedic plate was quickly turned to the convex side up, and the locally depressed anterior chest wall was lifted up. Satisfactory correction of chest wall malformations.

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