Additional
Information: Also know as "caved-in chest" or "funnel chest," Pectus Excavatum (PE) is a congenital deformity that causes the sternum to depress and the ribs to grow inward towards the spine.
Pectus Excavatum Sites:
Nutrition and Pectus excavatum Nutrition and Pectus excavatum: Part of Sandy Simmons' "Health and Logic" site, exploring nutritional influences in many connective tissue and other health problems, including pectus, rickets/osteomalacia and other structural abnormalities affected by nutrient deficiencies or (Pectus Excavatum) http://www.ctds.info/pectus_excavatum.html
Pectus Info Pages Pectus Info Pages: Information on quality of life from a personal perspective. (Pectus Excavatum) http://www.users.bigpond.com/conover/PE/pe1.htm
Correction of Pectus at UCLA Medical Centre Correction of Pectus at UCLA Medical Centre: Information on surgical correction with pictures. (Pectus Excavatum) http://www.surgery.medsch.ucla.edu/divisions/pd/pd_pectus.shtml
Corrective Procedure for Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum Corrective Procedure for Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum: Introduction to the method developed by Dr. Arnold Leonard to correct Pectus excavatum (PE) and carinatum (PC). (Pectus Excavatum) http://www.pectusdeformity.com/
Pectus excavatum: studiously ignored in the United Kingdom? Pectus excavatum: studiously ignored in the United Kingdom?: Editorial from the Archives of Diseases in Children. (Pectus Excavatum) http://adc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/archdischild;82/3/187
Pectus Excavatum Pectus Excavatum: Article from eMedicine. (Pectus Excavatum) http://www.emedicine.com/PED/topic2558.htm
Pectus Excavatum Surgical Procedure Pectus Excavatum Surgical Procedure: A child's experience with Pectus Excavatum Surgery. (Pectus Excavatum) http://www.ccone.com/pectus/
Scott's Pectus Page Scott's Pectus Page: Personal page of an adult who had pectus surgery. Before and after pictures and a very large guestbook. (Pectus Excavatum) http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/6497/
Additional
Information: Also know as "caved-in chest" or "funnel chest," Pectus Excavatum (PE) is a congenital deformity that causes the sternum to depress and the ribs to grow inward towards the spine.
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