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Delhi: 16-year-old Iraqi boy gets new lease of life, can breathe again

News November 27, 2018 4603

A 16-year-old boy from Iraq, suffering from severe depression deformity of anterior chest wall since birth, was given a new lease of life at a private hospital in Delhi....

Hope for teenagers suffering from ‘Sunken Chest’ Syndrome

News August 25, 2015 6104

Pectus excavatum (PE), also known as “sunken chest” or “funnel chest,” is a birth defect characterized by a sunken sternum, or breastbone. It is fairly common, affecting one in...

SML resident undergoes experimental surgery

News Updated April 23, 2015 6484

Surgery has been part of life for Richard “Rich” Cole. Since a young age Cole has struggled with a genetic disorder called Pectus Excavatum. It prevents proper circulation of...

CHKD surgery gives man the gift of deep breaths

News Updated April 05, 2015 6682

Cole was born with a chest deformity that caused his breastbone to press down on his lungs and heart. He'd been through three surgeries - at 5, 15 and...

Cardiothoracic surgeon performs unusual surgery on elite athlete

News Updated February 17, 2015 7172

From the time he was about 8 years old, Shahab Maslehati had been well aware that his chest was sunken. It had become more pronounced in adolescence, a time...

Operation to end misery of being born with a caved-in chest Hot

News Updated February 17, 2015 13252

"Indeed, by Ben's early teens he had become a different boy, say his parents. 'The deformity became more noticeable as he grew, making him very self-conscious and meant he...

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