A condition that you’ve probably never heard of can wreck a child’s health and self-esteem. Pectus, or chest wall deformities, are fairly common. As many as one in 500 kids are born with pectus, which ...

New surgical and bracing techniques of pectus cartinatum, or pigeon chest were recently presented at international conference on treatment of chest wall deformities. A new minimally invasive surgery ...

NEW YORK CITY. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A condition that you’ve probably never heard of can wreck a child’s health and self-esteem. Pectus, or chest wall deformities, are fairly common. As many as one in ...

DENVER (CBS4)- A Colorado hospital that specializes in treatment of children is using a new way to treat a chest deformity that is less invasive. The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at 1719 East ...

In his day-to-day routine at the Heart Institute (INCOR) run by the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil, thoracic surgeon Miguel Tedde now and again sees patients with a rare ...

The condition called pectus carinatum and it can sometimes make it tough to breathe. Joseph Bond has come a long way in a short time. Despite the scar across his breastbone, Bond, 32, is now ...

Salem Steward, 14, of Kalispell, is fitted with a T-Joe brace by device inventor Joe Porcello of Pectus Services. The non-surgical treatment is used to correct chest-wall deformity and is available ...

The first procedure at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales helps people with pectus carinatum A Welsh hospital has become the first in the UK to offer a pioneering new treatment for patients with ...

NORFOLK, VA. –- A new minimally invasive surgery to correct a chest wall deformity -- often known as pigeon chest -- was demonstrated Friday at an international conference attended by surgeons from ...