Youngsters with a growth condition that gives them a mis-shapen chest could be spared painful rib-cracking surgery thanks to a simple brace. However, scores of teenagers miss out on the non-invasive ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a child, Henry loved to swim. But when he realised how different he looked to other boys in a swimsuit, he just wanted to stay at home. The 16-year-old was born with a deformity of the chest over ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...