Up to 4% of all infants are born with a structural or genetic difference — often called a congenital abnormality — that can alter how the body looks or functions. Pectus excavatum is the most common ...

Although the majority of individuals experience minimal to no symptoms, pectus excavatum can be associated with numerous cardiopulmonary manifestations. Patients tend to become symptomatic during ...

A common deformity that cases a depression in the chest wall inhibits lung function as the cavity grows deeper, a national study of 327 patients published in the Journal of Pediatrics found. "These ...

Pectus excavatum is a condition where a person's breastbone is sunken into the chest. While the sunken breastbone is often noticeable shortly after birth, the severity of pectus excavatum typically ...

Often described as sunken or funnel chest, pectus excavatum appears as an indentation of the chest toward the spine. It is the most common deformity of the chest wall, occurs in one in every 1,000 ...

Caroline Emery, RGN, DipHealth Studies, is preadmission clinic nurse, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust Pectus deformities are the most common congenital chest-wall deformities and are better ...

An assistant professor of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai, Dr. Andrew Kaufman specializes in treating disorders of the chest wall — including pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum. He treats 50 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carson Sudbeck didn't think much about his concave chest until he was scrolling TikTok and discovered corrective surgery Bonnie ...

A common deformity that cases a depression in the chest wall inhibits lung function as the cavity grows deeper, a national study of 327 patients has found. A common deformity that cases a depression ...

Carson Sudbeck didn't think much about his concave chest until he was scrolling TikTok and discovered corrective surgery Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to ...

Function of the lung declines as chest deformity grows deeper, finds study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. "These results confirm what we have observed anecdotally, that children with more ...