If pectus excavatum is severe or causes discomfort, surgery can help. Two procedures have become established in practice: The commonly used “Nuss procedure” is a minimally invasive surgery ...

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.

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 results from abnormal growth of the cartilage at the breastbone, causing an indentation. Often described as sunken or funnel chest, pectus excavatum, occurs in one in every 1,000 ...

Pectus, or chest wall deformities, are fairly common. As many as one in 500 kids are born with pectus, which either causes the chest wall to appear sunken in or to protrude. NEW YORK CITY.

Researchers at UCSF Children’s Hospital in San Francisco have launched a groundbreaking study to determine whether a new procedure using magnets can correct sunken chest, the most common congenital ...