Chris Soto has always been physically active. Growing up in Alaska, he spent time hunting and playing sports. During his teenage years, he noticed a small indentation in his chest. Soto had pectus ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a retrospective review, researchers determined that cosmetic breast surgery can be performed concurrently ...

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 ...

Since 1987, when a surgeon at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters developed a minimally-invasive surgery to correct sunken chest, the procedure has been adopted world-wide as a standard of ...

Tyler Steck is feeling more self-confident these days and breathing a little easier. The 13-year-old will no longer be hesitant to take off his shirt around other teens after having surgery to repair ...

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 ...

Pectus excavatum is a Latin term that means “hollowed chest.” People with this congenital condition have a distinctly sunken chest. A concave sternum, or breastbone, may exist at birth. It may also ...