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Pectus deformities afect approximately one inMissing: pdf Pectus excavatum, the concave depression of the breast bone, comprises most chest wall anomalies. Pectus deformities afect approximately one in people and usually become more severe during adolescent growth years. If untreated, adults experience increasing symptoms with advancing age Abstract. Chest wall deformities frequently are associated with systemic weakness of the connective tissues and with poor muscular development of the abdominal region, thorax, and spine Surgery. Determination of the subject’s appropriateness for repair is dependent upon multiple consider-ationsCombined excavatum/carinatum deformities constitute % of chest wall anomalies. Pectus Carinatum (PC) or protrusion defor-mity of the chest wall accounts for% of all chest wall deformities affect-ingin live births Anterior chest wall malformations can range from mild to severe and at our institution less than half the patients are severe enough to warrant surgical correction. The Chest Wall Clinic at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The Nuss procedure, a minimally invasive procedure to correct pectus the chest wall deformity, the level of the exercise tolerance has increased. Cardiac and/or Surgery. for% of all deformities. Diagnosis and Treatment of Chest Wall Deformities. Diagnosis and Treatment of Chest Wall Deformities. Chest wall deformities can be grouped into depression deformity (pectus excavatum) and protrusion deformity (pectus carinatum), which comprise the overwhelming majority of patients, and a variety of rare anomalies including sternal cleft, Poland’s syndrome, and complex chest cage malformations, such as Jeune’s syndrome chest wall deformities are caused by anomalies of chest wall growth, leading to sternal depression or protrusion, or are related to failure of normal spine or rib development The Chest Wall Clinic at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.