Yangyang R Yu, Richard Sola, Abdur R Jamal, Tyler C Friske, Huirong Zhu, Eric Rosenfeld, Mark V Mazziotti, Shawn D St Peter, Sohail R Shah
BACKGROUND: Preoperative testing to assess the physiologic impact of pectus excavatum is sometimes ordered to meet third-party payor preauthorization requirements. This study describes the utility of physiologic testing prior to minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE). METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed patients that underwent MIRPE from 1/2012-7/2016 at two academic children's hospitals. Data collected included demographics, insurance, Haller Index (HI), pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and echocardiograms (ECHO) obtained, and preauthorization denials...
December 31, 2020: American Journal of Surgery