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Surgical treatment of a 36-year-old patient with asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia.

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Asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia is a rare and dangerous genetic disease. Many children with this disease die early in life of severe hypoxia, and it is extremely rare that they survive… Click to show full abstract

Asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia is a rare and dangerous genetic disease. Many children with this disease die early in life of severe hypoxia, and it is extremely rare that they survive to adulthood. We recently treated a 36-year-old patient who had asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia with a special surgical method and achieved satisfactory results. A review of the literature showed that this patient is the oldest surviving person with this condition.

Keywords: patient asphyxiating; asphyxiating thoracic; year old; thoracic dysplasia; old patient

Journal Title: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Year Published: 2022

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