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Eastside swimmer's painful journey after Nuss bar rejection

News June 11, 2018 4399

Softball Player Continues Play After Nuss Surgery

News June 10, 2018 3318

Zurakowski is the Cardinals' starting center fielder and batted leadoff in the championship game. Those watching the team play this season may have noticed the senior wearing protection on...

Emirati woman receives country’s first ‘funnel chest’ corrective surgery

News May 22, 2018 2890

ABU DHABI: A young Emirati woman has become the first person in the UAE to undergo corrective surgery for “funnel” chest, a condition in which her sternum and ribs...

Basketball Player Leads Team after Pectus Excavatum Correction

News January 29, 2018 5976

There’s adversity, and then there’s a four-hour-long operation with a side order of preparing to move away from the only place you’ve ever lived. Meet Bryce...

Dr. Barry E. LoSasso Announces Practice Move from California to New Jersey

News Updated January 23, 2018 3936

Dr. Barry E. LoSasso, a leading pectus surgery specialist and pediatric surgeon, founder of the successful West Coast Center of Excellence for Pectus, has announced the relocation of his...

Ventricular arrhythmia solved by surgical correction of pectus excavatum

Research I ipectus January 06, 2018 5809 0 1 0 0

Pectus excavatum may be purely cosmetic but it may also lead to physiological changes with functional consequences, such as heart palpitations or shortness of breath. In this case report...

Patients now have more say in experimental treatments. When should doctors say no?

News October 14, 2017 3955

Besch’s sunken chest is due to a genetic condition the medical community calls “pectus excavatum.” It’s common, but Besch’s case is severe and it’s more than just cosmetic. He’s...

Skinny-shaming is as terrible as fat-shaming. Let these real life stories teach you why

News October 05, 2017 5399

I am skinny. At 6 ft and 135 lb (182 cm, 61 kg), my BMI is 18.3, at the edge of clinically underweight. I’ve been this size since I...

Evaluating interest in narrative therapy for decision making about pectus excavatum treatment

Research R robertseisinger Updated January 07, 2018 5469 0 1 0 0

PE patients worldwide struggle with the decision to pursue surgical treatment. Different physicians may give different recommendations, and there is not currently widespread agreement on which inclusion/exclusion criteria should...