When Brock Jones took his shirt off at a pool party with some friends last summer, he didn't think twice about his sunken chest cavity—until a friend pointed it out. "Why is there a big hole in your ...

Aug. 18, 2004 -- A modified Ravitch repair with minimal cartilage resection is effective for all variations of pectus excavatum (PE) in patients of all ages, resulting in a stable postoperative chest ...

In a retrospective review, researchers determined that cosmetic breast surgery can be performed concurrently with pectus excavatum repair without an increased risk for complications. The researchers ...

Pectus excavatum is amenable to corrective surgical procedures, with a positive response to surgery seen in over 90% of cases. Surgery is best performed prior to adolescence as the chest wall is still ...

Have you ever seen a child with a depression in the center of their chest? Pectus excavatum — known commonly as funnel chest — occurs when the breast bone appears sunken into the chest cavity. It’s ...

There are two main types of chest wall deformity: pectus carinatum, or pigeon chest, and pectus excavatum, or funnel chest. The former pushes out; the latter sinks in. Though there can be a genetic ...

Pectus excavatum (PE) is relatively common and accounts for approximately 90% of congenital chest wall deformities. Despite known underlying problems associated with PE, however, including dyspnea, ...

The Nuss procedure is suitable for prepubertal and early pubertal patients but can also be used in adult patients. To determine whether the minimally invasive technique (MIRPE) can also be performed ...

This document replaces previous guidance on minimally invasive placement of pectus bar (interventional procedure guidance 3). 1.1 Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of placement of pectus bar ...

In his day-to-day routine at the Heart Institute (INCOR) run by the University of São Paulo’s Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil, thoracic surgeon Miguel Tedde ...

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of placement of pectus bar for pectus excavatum (also known as MIRPE [minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum] or the Nuss procedure) is adequate to ...