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Commonly, in every 400 child births, we would found a child that born with Pectus Excavatum defect. The defect would gradually worsen as they grow, and can become disabling when they become teenagers. Even though mostly consider as cosmetic, but there are some documentation of physiological changes such as cardiac arrhythmias and the lack of tolerance efforts happen to Pectus Excavatum patients. Commonly for young patients, after the defect being repaired, they start to become aware of their disability or their physiologic abnormalities.

There is a new procedure to fix Pectus Excavatum called Nuss procedure. This procedure is initially found by Nuss 16 years ago. This procedure works by placing steel bar right behind the sternum, in order to push the sternum to its new position. This procedure is more preferable for young girls, since it is minimally invasive procedure which involves small incisions.  Prior to Nuss procedure was discovered, the primary standard surgical procedure is Ravitch procedure. Although nowadays Ravitch procedure is not preferable compared to the newer Nuss procedure, the Ravitch procedure has made up as a standard procedure in dealing with Pectus Excavatum since it was launched in 1950. The Ravitch procedure essentially involves resecting the multiple cartilages on each of every side of the sternum, in order to place the sternum in its new position lengthways.