Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a retrospective review, researchers determined that cosmetic breast surgery can be performed concurrently ...

When Brock Jones took his shirt off at a pool party with some friends last summer, he didn't think twice about his sunken chest cavity—until a friend pointed it out. "Why is there a big hole in your ...

Aug. 18, 2004 -- A modified Ravitch repair with minimal cartilage resection is effective for all variations of pectus excavatum (PE) in patients of all ages, resulting in a stable postoperative chest ...

The most common chest wall deformities are pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum. Surgical repair of these deformities via minimally invasive technique using pectus bars is commonly preferred by ...

Pectus excavatum (PE) is relatively common and accounts for approximately 90% of congenital chest wall deformities. Despite known underlying problems associated with PE, however, including dyspnea, ...