Pectus Multicenter Trial of the Clinical Outcomes of the Nuss and Ravitch Procedures

Pectus Multicenter Trial of the Clinical Outcomes of the Nuss and Ravitch Procedures: Pectus Multi-Center Trial Study Group Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA
Yale Principal Investigator	R. Lawrence Moss, MD
Lead Site Investigator	Bonnie Lang Silverman, PhD

Project Goals

The objective of this study is to measure outcomes of the repair of pectus excavatum by observing differences or similarities between pre and post-operative anatomy and quality of life.

Study Design

Observational, non-randomized, non-blinded multicenter study of clinical outcomes of surgical repair of pectus excavatum.

Data Collection

Data collected at each center by a research coordinator and entered into a central, Internet-connected database.

Data Management

Data are managed by the Department of Surgery Clinical Outcomes, Research, & Epidemiology (CORE) at the Children's Hospital of The King 's Daughters.

Timeline

Start date: Sept., 2003

End date: May, 2004

Status: Jan 2006