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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK CITY. (KFSN) -- 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 ...

If you can visualize the suction cup an auto shop uses to pop out a dent in a car door, you can imagine the device 13-year-old Austin Hinton was outfitted with Wednesday at a local children’s hospital ...

Carson Sudbeck was born with a concave chest. “When I was younger, it definitely was not very prominent — you could just barely tell it was there," says Carson, 16. "And as I grew, the hole also grew ...

Audrina Patridge has a chest deformity which makes her breasts look like they are different sizes, RadarOnline.com can report. The former Hills star – who has appeared in numerous bikini photo shoots ...

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 ...

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 ...