Cardiorespiratory Assessment and Quality of Life After Surgical Correction of Congenital Wall Malformations

Cardiorespiratory Assessment and Quality of Life After Surgical Correction of Congenital Wall Malformations

The main objective of this study is to characterize the cardiorespiratory functional gain in patients with pectus excavatum following corrective surgery.

The secondary objectives are:

• To measure the quality of life of patients operated on for pectus excavatum
• Identify and describe post-operative complications
• Follow-up on the body mass index changes post-surgery
• Evaluate intraoperative hemodynamic parameters before and after the retrosternal bar is placed non-invasively

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient with pectus excavatum
• The patient received corrective surgery within four years of enrollment and is scheduled for a follow-up visit --OR-- the patient is scheduled for corrective surgery during the inclusion period
• Collection of informed written consent (patient and legal guardian, if applicable)
• Obligation of affiliation or beneficiary of a social security programme

Exclusion Criteria:

• Impossibility for the patient to participate in his/her next annual follow-up visit
• Absence of exercise test data AND respiratory function test data performed during the preoperative check-up
• Subject in exclusion period required by another protocol
• Pregnant or lactating woman, patient unable to give consent, protected adult, vulnerable persons (according to French Health Code articles L.1121-6, L.1121-7, L.1211-8, L.1211-9)
• Subject deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
• Participation of the subject in another interventional protocol
• Failure to properly inform the patient (e.g. a language barrier)