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I am 35 years old and I just had by PE repaired 3 months ago by the excellent Prof. Klaus Schaarschmidt at Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch.
I had a medium sized PE but have been suffering from poor posture/back pain, muscle weakness around the chest area, unexplained tachycardia and the appearance of a weird looking hole in my chest.
I have been wanting to make it go away since I was 25 years old, but I was told by many doctors that the procedure was too complex and that I should live with it.
At 35, my symptoms seemed to have been getting worst, I was committed at this point to proceed with fixing my PE via the Nuss Procedure.
After researching all over the internet for the best doctor for performing this procedure, I was convinced that Prof. Schaarschmidt was the best choice.

I contacted Prof Schaarschmidt and after a few mails, I booked my operation at the Helios Klinikum Berlion-Buch.
I arrived at the hospital a day before my surgery and had my preliminary tests. I was pleasantly surprised at the level of knowledge and professionalism in all doctors that I met that day.
I also got a chance to meet with Prof Schaarschmidt. He had a quick look at my chest and we discussed about the surgery. Although the meeting was short, I was relieved since I was a bit worried having only talked to him via emails. He seemed really kind and caring and left me with a very positive impression

The next day, the day of the operation, the nurses took me to the operation room shortly after waking up. The anaesthetist put the anaesthetics and a surgeon covered me with a wonderful warm blanket which was the last thing I remember.
The surgery lasted around 4 hours and it was a success!. I woke up feeling weirdly uncomfortable with 2 bars along my chest and a lot of tubes going in and out of me. It is hard to describe the feeling, it wasnt so much the pain, it sort of felt like a boa constrictor was wrapped around me really tight and felt very difficult expanding my upper chest to breathe. But, my chest looked completely dent free!! It did look a bit too flat at that point but thankfully it looks alot more natural today.
I stayed in the intensive care unit for 5 days. During this period I had a lot of pain, most of it was actually coming from one of the large suction tubes that where inserted along my back rather than from the surgery itself. I was lying on this tube all this time which was compressing against my back muscles.

On the 5th day, the suction tubes were removed, which was a big relieve, and I was moved the the normal ward. From there on the pain was alot more manageable and I got better every day. The nurses where great, they where very experienced with patients having this type of surgery.
There was a physiotherapist visiting me daily, and showing/helping me do breathing excercises, walking, bicycling and some stretching exercises

I am very pleased with my decision to have this surgery with Prof Shaarschmidt. I had a very pleasant experience throughout my stay at the Helios hospital. All staff where super professional and knew what they where doing.
I am very pleased with the results, my chest now looks great! and my posture/back and heart problems seem to have subsided.

Thank you Prof Schaarschmidt!!



Nuss Procedure with Prof Schaarschmidt