https://www.pectus.com/ https://www.pectus.com/articles/400-the-questions-to-ask-when-choosing-a-pectus-surgeon https://www.pectus.com/articles/400-the-questions-to-ask-when-choosing-a-pectus-surgeon The internet is flooding now with a simple question, "What surgeon do you recommend for Nuss surgery?" There are a lot of factors... ]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:30:22 +0000 400 2016-01-14 https://photos.pectus.com/original/38/88/20/top-questions-92-1453234235.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/382-first-ever-pectus-excavatum-correction-surgery-with-3d-printed-titanium-plate-completed-in-china https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/382-first-ever-pectus-excavatum-correction-surgery-with-3d-printed-titanium-plate-completed-in-china "...doctors in the TangDu Hospital of the fourth Military Medical University in Xi'an city, Shaanxi province, China, have recently and successfully completed a complex pectus excavatum procedure in which... ]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:44:45 +0000 382 2015-09-14 https://photos.pectus.com/original/89/6b/67/first-ever-pectus-excavatum-correction-surgery-6-66-1442241913.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/609-man-with-deformed-caved-in-chest-is-now-a-calvin-klein-model https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/609-man-with-deformed-caved-in-chest-is-now-a-calvin-klein-model He had a deformity that meant his chest grew inwards, giving him the appearance of a caved in torso. Now, years after having a metal bar... ]]> Fri, 24 May 2019 12:49:01 +0000 609 2019-05-24 https://photos.pectus.com/original/0e/4c/16/SEI-69081123-e1558681133843jpg-67-1558702150.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/330-operation-to-end-misery-of-being-born-with-a-caved-in-chest https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/330-operation-to-end-misery-of-being-born-with-a-caved-in-chest "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... ]]> Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:03:54 +0000 330 2015-02-14 https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/470-teen-undergoes-surgery-to-repair-sunken-chest https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/470-teen-undergoes-surgery-to-repair-sunken-chest 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... ]]> Sat, 08 Oct 2016 17:08:48 +0000 470 2016-10-08 https://photos.pectus.com/original/c0/b6/89/Screen20Shot202016-10-0820at201101320PM-57-1475946639.png https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/422-non-narcotic-nerve-blocker-can-reduce-pain-shorten-hospital-stays-for-nuss-patients https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/422-non-narcotic-nerve-blocker-can-reduce-pain-shorten-hospital-stays-for-nuss-patients In a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, researchers detailed how a more effective way of controlling pain has been developed, allowing children... ]]> Tue, 17 May 2016 13:43:25 +0000 422 2016-05-17 https://photos.pectus.com/original/e7/92/04/pectus-excavatum-15-1463492622.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/344-pch-mayo-clinic-perform-special-surgery-on-patients-from-across-us https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/344-pch-mayo-clinic-perform-special-surgery-on-patients-from-across-us "We didn't invent the procedure, we just made it better," Notrica said. "We did about 150 Pectuses last year between the Mayo Clinic and Phoenix Children's Hospital, and we... ]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:34:59 +0000 344 2015-03-04 https://photos.pectus.com/original/fa/ae/22/Screen20Shot202015-03-0420at204351020PM-84-1425504936.png 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 https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/381-battle-wounds https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/381-battle-wounds I will never forget when my hospital door opened and in walked a Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon and his team. I was confused. Why was he here? I had just... ]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2015 02:49:18 +0000 381 2015-09-09 https://photos.pectus.com/original/13/99/6c/Screen20Shot202015-09-0820at2010522120PM-67-1441767168.png https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/397-teen-lifts-himself-to-health https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/397-teen-lifts-himself-to-health And now the 6-foot-4 Taylor has become a stud. He said the surgeon had advised him to do weight training to build up his chest muscles. A stronger chest... ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:09:45 +0000 397 2016-01-08 https://photos.pectus.com/original/d3/2e/d5/web1-60-web-63-1452273000.jpg