Chicken breast usually does not affect the patient’s survival without other complications.
Chicken breast is a common chest wall deformity in childhood, characterized by a forward projection of the sternum and depression of the adjacent costal cartilages and ribs. The prognosis for chicken breast is relatively good with treatment and does not usually affect the patient’s life expectancy. If there is a combination of tumors or other high-risk diseases, the survival rate needs to be assessed based on the specifics of the condition.
For patients with mild sternal deformity, conservative treatment measures such as nutritional supplementation (e.g., cod liver oil supplementation), exercise orthopedics (e.g., swimming), and orthopedics with dynamic thoracic compression devices can be used.
For patients with severe sternal deformity, which exerts pressure on the heart and lungs and conservative treatment is ineffective, and who are over 3 years old, surgical treatments such as sternal countersinking and sternotomy can be considered, and most of the patients can be restored to normal through surgery.
It is recommended that patients with chicken breast disease should be treated under the guidance of a doctor.