Posts Tagged ‘sunk chest’

New Video Post Shows Minimally Invasive Procedure To Correct Sunken Chest Syndrome

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. offers a minimally invasive surgery to correct sunken chest syndrome in pediatric patients. Sunken chest syndrome, called pectus excavatum, affects about one out of every 1,000 children. It is a malformation in which the ribs and chest wall appear indented or sunken toward the spine. Click on title title to learn more about the procedure.