https://www.pectus.com/ https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/454-botched-by-nature-tv-show-will-show-pectus-excavatum-patient https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/454-botched-by-nature-tv-show-will-show-pectus-excavatum-patient On the next episode of the new E! series, doctors Terry Dubrow and Paul Nassif travel to Iowa to meet with Brandon, who was born with pectus excavatum. ... ]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 18:44:29 +0000 454 2016-08-16 https://photos.pectus.com/original/cb/c1/2e/rs-600x600-160815164827-Botched-By-Nature-103-1-58-1471373090.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/453-reds-pitcher-helps-local-boy-overcome-medical-condition https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/453-reds-pitcher-helps-local-boy-overcome-medical-condition Tracy Blower heard about Melville and contacted him, hoping for maybe an autograph for her youngest son. Instead, Melville offered more. Much more. Melville invited Tracy,... ]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:58:13 +0000 453 2016-08-12 https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/450-virginia-hospital-opens-nuss-center-for-chest-wall-deformities https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/450-virginia-hospital-opens-nuss-center-for-chest-wall-deformities Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) recently unveiled a space dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of chest wall deformities in children and young adults. The new Nuss Center... ]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 02:28:10 +0000 450 2016-08-03 https://photos.pectus.com/original/6a/a9/19/395016-63-1470191368.jpeg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/429-teen-s-medical-condition-requires-lesser-known-surgery https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/429-teen-s-medical-condition-requires-lesser-known-surgery Like most eighth grade boys, Matthew Thompson, of Smithton, loves spending time at the baseball field or at the basketball court taking part in a game. ... ]]> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 11:29:33 +0000 429 2016-06-08 https://photos.pectus.com/original/c2/ad/6e/web1-tsd060816matthewthompson1-81-1465385385.jpg 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/415-tim-melville-overcoming-odds-on-brink-of-big-league-debut https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/415-tim-melville-overcoming-odds-on-brink-of-big-league-debut Tim Melville will often scan a crowd and find a kid that is just like he was. It’s a small thing and he can see it in their posture... ]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:41:59 +0000 415 2016-03-26 https://photos.pectus.com/original/b3/d7/07/635927116008818862-0300416RedsGiants-02-94-1459014132.jpg 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/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 https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/393-pectus-excavatum-may-sound-arcane-but-chest-wall-disorder-is-fairly-common-disorder https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/393-pectus-excavatum-may-sound-arcane-but-chest-wall-disorder-is-fairly-common-disorder The Specialist: An assistant professor of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai, Dr. Andrew Kaufman specializes in treating disorders of the chest wall — including pectus excavatum... ]]> Thu, 07 Jan 2016 03:48:00 +0000 393 2016-01-07 https://photos.pectus.com/original/7d/1c/ef/checkup3f-1-web-90-1452138495.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/386-from-patient-to-mentee https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/386-from-patient-to-mentee After undergoing surgery to have two steel bars inserted into her chest during the summer between her sophomore and junior year, Rebecca Uhl agreed with two rules from her... ]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:10:09 +0000 386 2015-11-03 https://photos.pectus.com/original/c0/63/0b/Uhl-Lifestyle-113-Courtesy-01-40-1446552624.jpg