https://www.pectus.com/ https://www.pectus.com/research/565-ventricular-arrhythmia-solved-by-surgical-correction-of-pectus-excavatum https://www.pectus.com/research/565-ventricular-arrhythmia-solved-by-surgical-correction-of-pectus-excavatum 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... ]]> Sat, 06 Jan 2018 17:04:57 +0000 565 2018-01-06 https://photos.pectus.com/original/d4/81/6e/m-ivx397f2-37-1515258360.png https://www.pectus.com/research/531-evaluating-interest-in-narrative-therapy-for-decision-making-about-pectus-excavatum-treatment https://www.pectus.com/research/531-evaluating-interest-in-narrative-therapy-for-decision-making-about-pectus-excavatum-treatment 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... ]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:33:47 +0000 531 2017-09-28 https://photos.pectus.com/original/89/d7/4b/m-ivx308f1-43-1506605703.png https://www.pectus.com/research/515-a-5-year-experience-with-a-minimally-invasive-technique-for-pectus-carinatum-repair https://www.pectus.com/research/515-a-5-year-experience-with-a-minimally-invasive-technique-for-pectus-carinatum-repair This report describes a 5-year experience with a novel, minimally invasive surgical technique for treatment of pectus carinatum. ]]> Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:51:50 +0000 515 2017-07-18 https://photos.pectus.com/original/e3/09/58/abramson-71-1500382365.jpg https://www.pectus.com/research/502-positional-right-ventricular-obstruction-in-pectus-excavatum https://www.pectus.com/research/502-positional-right-ventricular-obstruction-in-pectus-excavatum Pectus excavatum (PE) is not always benign. In this case report, a 19 year old with severe PE was found to have obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract... ]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2017 02:18:31 +0000 502 2017-03-28 https://www.pectus.com/research/475-pectus-excavatum-repair-from-a-plastic-surgeon-s-perspective https://www.pectus.com/research/475-pectus-excavatum-repair-from-a-plastic-surgeon-s-perspective In this unique publication authored by a plastic surgeon, several cosmetic issues surrounding Pectus Excavatum (PE) repair are considered. Repair does not always result in optimal cosmetic appearance. Sometimes,... ]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:41:56 +0000 475 2016-10-19 https://photos.pectus.com/original/77/3c/b8/71265-6-1476913403.jpg https://www.pectus.com/research/474-non-bacterial-thrombotic-endocarditis-in-the-right-atrium-caused-by-pectus-excavatum https://www.pectus.com/research/474-non-bacterial-thrombotic-endocarditis-in-the-right-atrium-caused-by-pectus-excavatum This research describes a case of a 4 year old female with severe Pectus Excavatum. She was found to have a complication from her PE that has not been... ]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:33:17 +0000 474 2016-10-18 https://www.pectus.com/research/473-single-centre-experience-on-short-bar-technique-for-pectus-excavatum https://www.pectus.com/research/473-single-centre-experience-on-short-bar-technique-for-pectus-excavatum Although the Nuss procedure might seem like a routine treatment option for Pectus Excavatum, large scale data supporting the indications, safety, efficacy, and economics of the procedure are lacking.... ]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:29:47 +0000 473 2016-10-18 https://www.pectus.com/research/471-measurement-of-sternal-curvature-angle-on-patients-with-pectus-excavatum https://www.pectus.com/research/471-measurement-of-sternal-curvature-angle-on-patients-with-pectus-excavatum Pectus Excavatum (PE) comes in all shapes and sizes. It is not uncommon for PE to be asymmetric. That is, the part of the chest that is concave may... ]]> Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:16:51 +0000 471 2016-10-16 https://photos.pectus.com/original/9c/e4/5c/11-89-1476652646.jpg https://www.pectus.com/research/468-prenatal-diagnosis-of-pectus-excavatum https://www.pectus.com/research/468-prenatal-diagnosis-of-pectus-excavatum Diagnosis of Pectus Excavatum (PE) is not always as easy as you might think. Some individuals go their entire childhood or even parts of adult life without realizing that... ]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:07:29 +0000 468 2016-10-07 https://photos.pectus.com/original/e1/c3/19/pediatric-pectus-11-1475863659.jpg https://www.pectus.com/research/347-pulmonary-function-before-and-after-the-nuss-procedure-in-adolescents-with-pectus-excavatum-correlation-with-morphological-subtypes https://www.pectus.com/research/347-pulmonary-function-before-and-after-the-nuss-procedure-in-adolescents-with-pectus-excavatum-correlation-with-morphological-subtypes Differences in post-Nuss procedure pulmonary function based on the pectus excavatum subtype have not been investigated in adolescents. We evaluated differences in pulmonary function before and after the Nuss... ]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 13:57:31 +0000 347 2015-03-22