Pectus excavatum — known commonly as funnel chest — occurs when the breast bone appears sunken into the chest cavity. It’s the most common congenital birth defect and affects one in every ...

Brock and his mom met with Russell and learned about the repair surgery for pectus excavatum, which involves the surgeon inserting a curved bar through a small incision and carefully placing it ...

ANSWER: Your son may be experiencing the classic signs of pectus excavatum, a condition where the breastbone is sunken into his chest. When we find that the chest wall is caving in, it causes ...

Dr. Nuss's Pectus Excavatum Exercise Suggestions extracted from Dr.Donald Nuss's writings Regardless of how long you or your child has to wait before corrective surgery for PE, exercises which improve ...

As many as one in 500 kids are born with pectus, which either causes the chest wall to appear sunken in or to protrude. When corrective braces don’t work, there is a surgical solution.

Pectus excavatum is more likely to occur in white males, and it’s fairly common, occurring in one of 300-400 births. Dehmer sees numerous patients each year with the condition.

Pectus excavatum may occur by itself, but is associated with Marfan syndrome. There are also other, less common syndromes. Marfan syndrome and Kommerell’s diverticula can occur together.

Caroline Emery, RGN, DipHealth Studies, is preadmission clinic nurse, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust Pectus deformities are the most common congenital chest-wall deformities and are better ...

A mum is fighting for surgery for her teenage son, who was born with a sunken chest. Becky Blount's son, Bobby, has severe pectus excavatum, which causes his breastbone to sink into his chest.