New surgical and bracing techniques of pectus cartinatum, or pigeon chest were recently presented at international conference on treatment of chest wall deformities. A new minimally invasive surgery ...

NEW YORK CITY. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A condition that you’ve probably never heard of can wreck a child’s health and self-esteem. Pectus, or chest wall deformities, are fairly common. As many as one in ...

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 ...

If your child has concerns about the appearance of theirpectus carinatum, your doctor might recommend a chest brace to correct the pigeon-chested look that the condition causes. They may refer you to ...

Chest wall deformities such as pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum affect both form and function of the thorax, with potential cardiopulmonary and psychosocial consequences. Over recent decades, the ...

NORFOLK, VA. –- A new minimally invasive surgery to correct a chest wall deformity -- often known as pigeon chest -- was demonstrated Friday at an international conference attended by surgeons from ...