Table 2. Summary of pooled outcomes from studies comparing Ravitch versus Nuss surgery for pectus excavatum.

Variable	Ravitch	Nuss	OR	95% CI	P value
Number of patients	520	912	–	–	–
Pneumothorax (%)	2.1	4.2	1.89	0.91–3.93	0.09
Hemothorax (%)	0.8	1.4	0.74	0.21–2.65	0.64
Wound infection (%)	1.7	1.3	0.58	0.23–1.46	0.25
Pneumonia (%)	0.7	0.1	0.27	0.04–1.67	0.16
Reoperation (%)	3.3	7.7	3.02	0.84–10.89	0.09
Early complications (%)	13.5	26.4	1.46	0.76–2.78	0.26
Pediatric complications (%)	18.6	28.3	1.16	0.61–2.19	0.65
Adult complications (%)	13.8	32.0	3.26	1.01–10.46	0.05
Overall complications (%)	14.1	28.2	1.58	0.86–2.90	0.14

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.