Funnel chest can be treated.
Funnel chest is the most common chest wall deformity, mainly characterized by sternal depression, mild funnel chest generally does not require special treatment, moderate and severe deformity of funnel chest is mainly surgical treatment, the age of surgery should be individualized, generally recommended to be between the ages of 3 to 12 years old, so it can be treated.
Surgical treatment for moderate to severe deformity funnel chest includes traditional surgical methods such as sternum lift, sternum flap, sternum flap with tibia, as well as minimally invasive funnel chest correction.
Surgical treatment of funnel chest can effectively correct the deformity, improve respiratory and cardiopulmonary function, reduce psychological burden, etc., with high patient satisfaction and good long-term results.
It is recommended that patients with funnel chest should pay attention to regular follow-up after surgery to check the correction of deformity, and for minimally invasive funnel chest correction, it is also necessary to check whether there is any displacement.