Title: Pectus excavatum: Resolution after surgical removal of upper airway obstruction
Abstract: Abstract A six‐year‐old child with obstruction of the upper airway and a pectus excavatum defect (“funnel chest”) is presented. Correction of the funnel‐chest deformity was observed four years after the performance of a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy to relieve the obstruction of the upper airway. The relationship between chronic upper‐airway obstruction and a pectus excavatum deformity is discussed, and the reversibility of such a deformity is documented.
Publication Year: 1980
Publication Date: 1980-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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