Chest wall deformities  affect thousands of children and adolescents worldwide, with pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum representing...

Pectus excavatum   (sunken chest/funnel chest), a concave chest wall deformity, is far more than a cosmetic concern. In severe cases, it...

What is pectus excavatum ? A chest wall deformity in which the breastbone (sternum) caves in, creating a concave chest. The deformity,...

Group photo of the participants The 2 nd  “Latest Chest Wall Surgery Techniques Global Training Program”,   co-organized by the Institute...

The Inaugural Global Chest Wall Surgery Conference, co-hosted by the Institute of Chest Wall Surgery (ICWS) and the International Chest...

Repeated paradoxical breathing during asthma attacks may contribute to the development of pectus excavatum in young children.

The 2nd “Latest Chest Wall Surgery Techniques Global Training Program” will launch in July 2025, welcoming thoracic surgeons with...

The Journal of Chest Wall Surgery (JCWS), the first academic journal in the world dedicated exclusively to chest wall surgery, has...

Not all pectus excavatum presents in the same way. From narrow indentation to wide, extending depression — this common chest wall...