Healthlink: Concave Chest and Sunken Chest (Pectus Carinatum and Pectus Excavatum)

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Doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital perform the Nuss procedure, a new procedure for children with sunken chest to bring the chest back up to where it should be.

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