https://www.pectus.com/ 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/332-cats-can-get-pectus-excavatum-too https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/332-cats-can-get-pectus-excavatum-too "It turned out that Clark had a condition called pectus excavatum, also known as “funnel chest.” In this disease, the breast bone and the cartilage that connects the ribs... ]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:51:57 +0000 332 2015-02-15 https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/336-breast-augmentation-does-not-increase-risk-of-complications-with-pectus-excavatum-repair https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/336-breast-augmentation-does-not-increase-risk-of-complications-with-pectus-excavatum-repair In a retrospective review, researchers determined that cosmetic breast surgery can be performed concurrently with pectus excavatum repair without an increased risk for complications. The... ]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:31:48 +0000 336 2015-02-17 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/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/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/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/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