Patient: My nephew is planning to come to Shanghai this summer for examination and treatment. Also, I would like to know the approximate cost of treatment (including hospitalization). Doctor: No special preparation is needed, you can come to the outpatient clinic for examination first. The cost of surgery is usually about 32,000 yuan. Patient: I would also like to ask the doctor: With the highly advanced level of modern medicine, what advanced technical means are generally used to operate on patients with funnel chest today? It is said that there is a minimally invasive technique that can greatly reduce the pain of the patient undergoing surgery, and that it is less traumatic, quicker to recover, and has minimal post-operative scars, is this true? Are there any risks? Doctor: At present, most of the treatments for funnel chest are performed by steel plate placement, which is a minimally invasive procedure performed with the assistance of thoracoscope, usually with two small incisions on both sides of the chest wall. The plates are placed in the child’s chest and then removed by a minor surgery 2-3 years later. Generally speaking, the surgical results are good.