Up to 4% of all infants are born with a structural or genetic difference — often called a congenital abnormality — that can alter how the body looks or functions. Pectus excavatum is the most common ...

Shawwaf et al. should be commended for their thorough analysis of a large cohort undergoing complex revision surgeries. Their findings underscore the critical need for centralization of revisional ...

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 ...

Carson Sudbeck didn't think much about his concave chest until he was scrolling TikTok and discovered corrective surgery Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to ...

Chris Soto has always been physically active. Growing up in Alaska, he spent time hunting and playing sports. During his teenage years, he noticed a small indentation in his chest. Soto had pectus ...

In his day-to-day routine at the Heart Institute (INCOR) run by the University of São Paulo’s Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil, thoracic surgeon Miguel Tedde ...