While feeling relentless chest pressure that stole his breath, 28-year-old Chris Soto, feared something was terribly wrong.

Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital deformity of the sternum and anterior chest wall. The cosmetic disfigurement of pectus excavatum may sometimes be accompanied by impaired cardiac or ...

Pectus excavatum is a type of chest wall deformity. It causes your chest to look sunken or indented. This sunken shape is why people sometimes call the condition funnel chest. Pectus excavatum causes ...

Evidence-based recommendations on placement of pectus bar for pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure). This involves placing one or two steel (pectus) bars under the breastbone with the aim of raising it ...