"Funnel Chest" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A developmental anomaly in which the lower sternum is posteriorly dislocated and concavely deformed, resulting in a funnel-shaped thorax.
| Descriptor ID |
D005660
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.099.386 C05.660.386 C16.131.621.386
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| Concept/Terms |
Funnel Chest- Funnel Chest
- Chest, Funnel
- Chests, Funnel
- Funnel Chests
- Pectus Excavatum
- Excavatum, Pectus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Funnel Chest" by people in Profiles.
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Use of magnets in pediatric surgery. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2024 Feb; 33(1):151381.
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Epidural versus PCA Pain Management after Pectus Excavatum Repair: A Multi-Institutional Prospective Randomized Trial. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Oct; 30(5):465-471.
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Are Foley catheters needed after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum? Surgery. 2018 04; 163(4):854-856.
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Limited, fast magnetic resonance imaging as an alternative for preoperative evaluation of pectus excavatum: a feasibility study. J Thorac Imaging. 2012 Nov; 27(6):393-7.
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Emergent pectus excavatum repair after aortic root replacement in Marfan patient. J Card Surg. 2012 Mar; 27(2):222-4.
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Pulmonary function and exercise response in patients with pectus excavatum after Nuss repair. J Pediatr Surg. 2003 Apr; 38(4):544-7.