Pectus excavatum is an abnormality of the chest in which the breastbone sinks inward (sometimes called funnel chest). Problems associated with pectus excavatum are mainly cosmetic, although the ...

In the Nuss Procedure, surgeons insert a curved medal bar through the chest cavity and under the sternum, popping the depression out. The bar is anchored to the ribs and remains in place for 2-3 years ...

Growing up, Matt Schiff was just like any other kid. However, when he entered his early teenage years, he noticed a difference between him and his friends: he had a deep indentation at the center of ...

We've noticed an indent in our son's chest since he was about 6 years old. Our pediatrician diagnosed this as pectus excavatum but said that it was nothing to worry about. Six years later, he's ...

Professor Shyamsunder Kolvekar is a globally-renowned consulant cardiothoracic surgeon based in central London. He specialises in coronary arterial bypass grafting, valve repair and aortic valve ...

Cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr Ivan Schewitz, who was speaking at the recent 20th Congress of the Chest Wall International Group (CWIG), said that in South Africa, only the traditional open chest surgery ...

Since 1987, when a surgeon at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters developed a minimally-invasive surgery to correct sunken chest, the procedure has been adopted world-wide as a standard of ...

Evidence-based recommendations on placement of pectus bar for pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure). This involves placing one or two steel (pectus) bars under the breastbone with the aim of raising it ...