University of Utah Health provides expert care for children, adolescents, and young adults who have chest wall deformities. Specialists at the Utah Pectus Program are experts in pectus deformities ...

New surgical and bracing techniques of pectus cartinatum, or pigeon chest, presented at international conference on treatment of chest wall deformities.

Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital defect of the anterior chest wall, with adverse manifestations ranging from minor cosmetic defects to clinically significant cardiopulmonary sequelae.

Cardiopulmonary Manifestations Although the majority of individuals experience minimal to no symptoms, pectus excavatum can be associated with numerous cardiopulmonary manifestations. Patients ...

The hospital performs more surgeries to correct the chest wall deformity than any hospital in the country.

SPCA Florida recently corrected the chest cavity of a 4-month-old kitten that came from another shelter needing what the shelter called “an intense medical procedure.” ...