In Turkey, “pectus excavatum disease” is the most common among the chest wall Deconstruction disorders. Prof. Stating that the surgery gave a successful result in the treatment of Pectus disease, which is defined as the inward collapse of the rib cage. Mustafa Yuksel“"Pectus deformities can now be corrected 100 percent surgically,”he said.
Head of the Department Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yuksel spoke about the diagnosis and treatment of pectus deformities, popularly known as “shoemaker's chest” and “Decoy chest”, and new technologies applied in Turkey at the Caucasian Medicine Update Days organized by the Faculty of Medicine of Kafkas University.
More than 100 faculty members and students attended the meeting held in Kars in order to prepare the ground and resources for the development of joint programs with the Faculty of Medicine of Kars Kafkas University.
treatment of pectus disease can be performed with the closed surgical method discovered in the 2000s. The private and closed method applied in the few centers of the world has been carried out at Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital since 2005, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yüksel stated that 1500 patients have been treated so far and said the following:
"The pectus deformities known as shoemaker's chest and pigeon chest can now be corrected 100 percent surgically. We attach a metal bar under the rib cage. In addition, all treatment is covered by SGK. At this point, the treatments of pectus deformities have become easier thanks to technological developments and we have started to get more successful results. We are carrying out various studies to increase the level of expertise in this regard. Thanks to this, we quickly covered the distance. We have completed the 30-year distance in 10 years. Currently, we are one of the centers that perform these surgeries the best in the world.”
IT IS INCUMBENT ON FAMILIES AND TEACHERS TO DIAGNOSE THE DISEASE EARLY
Yüksel, who also drew attention to the importance of awareness in pectus disease, completed his remarks as follows:
"Mom, dad, physical education, swimming, basketball instructors and doctors are very important at the point of noticing pectus disease. In fact, this also shows that the target audience in society needs awareness on this issue. Because if the treatment of pectus deformities is between the ages of 10-16, very good results are obtained Decently.”