GUANGZHOU, China, July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2nd "Latest Chest Wall Surgery Technique Global Training Program", hosted ...

"Pectus carinatum causes real physical and psychological problems for young people. We want physicians to understand that this condition should be treated. No child should have to suffer with it." ...

The brace is designed to correct pectus carinatum, commonly known as pigeon chest. But scores of teenagers miss out on the non-invasive treatment, which can help boost self-esteem.

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 ...

Tedde is now using the prosthetic device to repair pectus carinatum, inserting one bar over the sternum for compression and two under it for support. He calls this his sandwich method.

Pectus carinatum is an uncommon birth defect that causes a child's breastbone to protrude outward abnormally. The deformity might not be noticeable until after the adolescent growth spurt.

Other forms of chest deformity include pectus carinatum, or pigeon chest, where the sternum is raised, so the chest appears pushed out. For some, the problem is simply a cause of acute embarrassment.

Program brings chest wall surgery patients, prospective patients together. July 8, 2019 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated July 7, 2019 at 10:31 p.m.

Pectus carinatum: I was bullied at school and called things like freak and mutant, says medic. Thoracic consultant Niall McGonigle, who had pectus carinatum as a child, tells Stephanie Bell why he ...

Dr. Lisa Smith leads in chest wall reconstruction, emergency response. September 1, 2017 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated September 1, 2017 at 5:41 a.m.