What are the risks of untreated paediatric corpus cavernosum?
In mild cases, the deformity has no clinical symptoms and has no effect on cardiopulmonary function. However, the deformity of the thorax due to the convexity of the sternum affects…
Category: Chicken breast
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About the chicken breast
The causes of corpus cavernosum include congenital developmental abnormalities, malnutrition, precordial, rickets, etc. Children under 3 years old with rickets should be actively treated with anti-rickets treatment, including calcium and…
Etiology and diagnosis of chicken breast
The sternum bulges forward and is called pectus carinatum (chicken breast), which is a common thoracic deformity, generally considered to be related to genetics as well as the funnel chest…
What are the indications for chicken breast surgery?
Indications for surgery (including 2 or more of the following criteria) 1. CT Haller index less than 2.30; 2. Pulmonary function EKG and echocardiography suggesting abnormalities such as restrictive or…
The event of successful implementation of chicken breast correction
Recently, a 19-year-old young man, Xiao Tao, did a corrective surgery for chicken chest in the hospital cardiothoracic surgery, finally got rid of the chicken chest that has plagued him…
Discharge precautions for patients with chicken breast
(1) Pay attention to posture and position; do not roll over, less flexion; usually battle standing and walking to keep the chest and back straight. The wound should not be…
What should I do if I develop a chicken chest after pediatric heart surgery?
As a pediatric cardiac surgeon for more than 20 years, I would like to share my views and hope that they will be helpful to parents of children with precocious…
What’s wrong with a child’s chicken breast?
In children with pectus excavatum, we must first distinguish whether the abnormality is congenital or due to acquired factors. Congenital pheochorax, which is generally related to family history, is due to…
What to do if you have a chicken chest after surgery for precordial disease
Jingjing is one year old and has recently completed surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD), which was very successful. From the day they found out Jing Jing had congenital heart…
Surgical treatment of severe chicken breast without recurrence
Pectus excavatum is a deformity in which the sternum bulges forward and is the second most common chest wall deformity after funnel chest. It is mostly thought to be due…