Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding and treating pectus excavatum Sometimes even minor appearing pectus excavatum can cause significant compression inside the heart and lungs Surgery may be recommended for a significant case of pectus excavatum, depending on what the test results reveal and what is best for the patient
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Pediatric pectus excavatum However, less than 5% of children with pectus excavatum will have a known connective tissue disorder, such as Marfan syndrome, identified during our evaluation Treatment for pectus excavatum includes surgical repair, called the Nuss procedure, and a nonoperative method using a vacuum bell device
Innovative ‘hammock’ improves quality of life for thousands The surgery technique that involves a bar that slides into the rib space during pectus excavatum surgery — similar to how braces are used to straighten teeth Her innovation that includes the addition of a "hammock" that provides support for the bar, which allows adults, not just children, to benefit from pectus excavatum surgery
Ask the Mayo Mom: Surgical options to repair pectus excavatum On the Mayo Clinic Q A podcast, a special edition of "Ask the Mayo Mom" focuses on minimally invasive pectus repair in children Dr Angela Mattke, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician and host, is joined by Dr Denise Klinkner, a pediatric surgeon at Mayo Clinic Children’s Center and practice chair of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at Mayo Clinic, to discuss options for pectus excavatum repair and
Sharing Mayo Clinic: Scarlett is running and smiling after surgery to . . . That’s a common symptom in patients with severe pectus excavatum, as the condition can compress the heart and lungs Dr Potter determined Scarlett was a good candidate for the Nuss procedure But he recommended she wait until she was a bit older — ideally between 12 and 14, after much of her growth had occurred — to have surgery
Surgery for Chest Wall Deformity Restores Danielle’s Active Life For years, a common belief among some medical professionals was that pectus excavatum — a birth defect in which a person's breastbone is sunken into his or her chest — was purely a matter of appearance "As physicians, we were taught: 'It's cosmetic You don't need to worry about it," says Dawn Jaroszewski, M D , division chair of Thoracic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona "There was a