University of Utah Health provides expert care for children, adolescents, and young adults who have chest wall deformities. Specialists at the Utah Pectus Program are experts in pectus deformities ...

Pectus excavatum is amenable to corrective surgical procedures, with a positive response to surgery seen in over 90% of cases. Surgery is best performed prior to adolescence as the chest wall is still ...

When Brock Jones took his shirt off at a pool party with some friends last summer, he didn't think twice about his sunken chest cavity—until a friend pointed it out. "Why is there a big hole in your ...

Pectus excavatum is a condition in which the breastbone grows inward, giving the chest a caved-in look. Also known as funnel chest or sunken chest, it is found both in children and adults, but it is ...

Dr. Jeff Dehmer sees multiple patients each year who have a condition called pectus excavatum, where a person’s chest bows in and can slowly start to compress the heart and lungs. The pediatric ...

Pectus carinatum, also called a protruding sternum or pigeon chest, is a rare deformity in children. It causes the chest and ribs to stick out further than they should. Only one or two children out of ...