You may first notice a chest wall deformity when your child is 1–2 years old. The condition may be mild at first, but it can get worse as your child nears puberty. Our surgeons in the Utah Pectus ...

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 ...

Pectus excavatum, also known as funnel chest, is a congenital malformation of the sternum. It is indented inward, giving the ...

An assistant professor of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai, Dr. Andrew Kaufman specializes in treating disorders of the chest wall — including pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum. He treats 50 ...

Pectus carinatum is a rare chest wall deformity that causes the breastbone to push outward instead of being flush against the chest. It is also known as pigeon chest or keel chest. When the chest ...

Pectus carinatum is a deformity of the chest wall. The cartilage between the ribs and the breastbone, or sternum , grows too much, causing the middle of the chest to point out.

VOL: 97, ISSUE: 28, PAGE NO: 36. 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 are common birth defects occurring in about one in every 300 to 500 children ... Pectus excavatum, or “funnel chest,” is caused by an inward growth of the breastbone and ...

Pectus excavatum is a deformity of the chest wall that is usually present — if not noticeable — at birth. With this congenital abnormality , the sternum (or breastbone) and some ribs turn inward.

Gavin Schulte turns 18 today. While most teens mark the milestone with graduation parties and trips to the beach, Schulte is ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – SPCA Florida recently corrected the chest cavity of a 4-month-old kitten that came from another shelter needing what SPCA called “an intense medical procedure.” The ...