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Softball Player Continues Play After Nuss Surgery
News June 10, 2018 3761
Zurakowski is the Cardinals' starting center fielder and batted leadoff in the championship game. Those watching the team play this season may have noticed the senior wearing protection on...
Emirati woman receives country’s first ‘funnel chest’ corrective surgery
News May 22, 2018 3304
ABU DHABI: A young Emirati woman has become the first person in the UAE to undergo corrective surgery for “funnel” chest, a condition in which her sternum and ribs...
Basketball Player Leads Team after Pectus Excavatum Correction
News January 29, 2018 6623
There’s adversity, and then there’s a four-hour-long operation with a side order of preparing to move away from the only place you’ve ever lived. Meet Bryce...
Dr. Barry E. LoSasso Announces Practice Move from California to New Jersey
News Updated January 23, 2018 4387
Dr. Barry E. LoSasso, a leading pectus surgery specialist and pediatric surgeon, founder of the successful West Coast Center of Excellence for Pectus, has announced the relocation of his...
Ventricular arrhythmia solved by surgical correction of pectus excavatum
Research I ipectus January 06, 2018 6654 0 1 0 0
Pectus excavatum may be purely cosmetic but it may also lead to physiological changes with functional consequences, such as heart palpitations or shortness of breath. In this case report...
Patients now have more say in experimental treatments. When should doctors say no?
News October 14, 2017 4333
Besch’s sunken chest is due to a genetic condition the medical community calls “pectus excavatum.” It’s common, but Besch’s case is severe and it’s more than just cosmetic. He’s...
Skinny-shaming is as terrible as fat-shaming. Let these real life stories teach you why
News October 05, 2017 5960
I am skinny. At 6 ft and 135 lb (182 cm, 61 kg), my BMI is 18.3, at the edge of clinically underweight. I’ve been this size since I...
Evaluating interest in narrative therapy for decision making about pectus excavatum treatment
Research R robertseisinger Updated January 07, 2018 6198 0 1 0 0
PE patients worldwide struggle with the decision to pursue surgical treatment. Different physicians may give different recommendations, and there is not currently widespread agreement on which inclusion/exclusion criteria should...
A 5-year experience with a minimally invasive technique for pectus carinatum repair
Research I ipectus July 18, 2017 5254 0 1 0 0
This report describes a 5-year experience with a novel, minimally invasive surgical technique for treatment of pectus carinatum.
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