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 ...

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 ...

Patients with a common chest deformity known as sunken chest exhibit abnormal breathing patterns. The findings were the result of a side-by-side comparison of patients with normal chests and patients ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a UCSF Children's Hospital surgeon suggested an untested treatment to correct Richard Nave's congenital chest defect, his mother was, naturally, concerned for her son's safety. But as soon as ...

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. A sunken chest can become both a psychological and physical issue. Photo: Getty Images Often appearing harmless from the outside, ...