PECTUS EXCAVATUM

This study tested whether using virtual reality (VR) before and after surgery could help teenagers feel less anxious and have less pain. Fifty teens having chest surgery for a condition called pectus excavatum took part. The researchers measured anxiety with a standard questionna…

This study tested a new way to manage pain after a common chest surgery for pectus excavatum (sunken chest). Instead of standard epidural pain medicine, surgeons froze the nerves between the ribs during the operation. The goal was to see if this approach could shorten hospital st…

This study looked at 38 children who had surgery for a sunken chest (pectus excavatum). Researchers compared standard pain treatment (freezing nerves in the chest wall) to that same treatment plus numbing the phrenic nerve. The goal was to see if the combined approach lowered pai…

This study looked at 61 teenagers with pectus deformities (sunken or protruding chest) to see if measuring the thickness of their diaphragm with ultrasound could predict breathing problems before symptoms appear. Participants had their diaphragm measured and took breathing tests.…

This study looked at 69 people who had a metal bar placed to correct funnel chest (pectus excavatum). Researchers took 3D pictures of their chests right before bar removal, right after, and at 6 and 12 months later. The goal was to see how the chest shape changes over time and fi…