Patient's question:
My child is 19 months old and recently discovered that the chest bone is slightly protruding outward. At first, we didn't pay much attention because our child is quite chubby, and we thought it was just fat. The doctor said my child has developed funnel chest. How should it be treated?Doctor's answer:
Hello, it needs to be checked! [Treatment Measures] The treatment of pigeon chest also requires surgical methods. 1. The upper and lower vascular pedicle sternum rotation is the same as the funnel chest surgery. 2. Pedicle-free sternum rotation is basically the same as funnel chest surgery, except that the ribs and costal cartilage of pigeon chest are longer. The third and fourth ribs and costal cartilage of pigeon chest are the longest, and the fifth rib is shorter, so special attention should be paid to the subsidence of the sternum and ribs during surgery. The abnormality of the thoracolumbar segment and costal cartilage is exposed through a median or transverse incision. The rectus abdominis is harvested at the point of attachment of the rectus abdominis, flipped downward, and the costal periosteum is harvested.