Fixing Chest Deformities

NEW YORK CITY. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A condition that you've probably never heard of can wreck a child's health and self-esteem. Pectus, or chest wall deformities, are fairly common. As many as one in 500 kids are born with pectus, which either causes the chest wall to appear sunken in or to protrude. When corrective braces don't work, there is a surgical solution.