Pectus Excavatum   -   Funnel Chest
Patient Austin
Surgeon Donald Nuss  -   Surgeon in Chief 
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, Va.
http://www.chkd.org
This Web Page Location
http://www.curtis.anderson.name/2003/austin/funnel/chest/exam/huss.htm

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Pre Exam and Scans  Before Surgery

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SCANS
cross section of chest viewed downward
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Austin's heart should be located in the center, not to the right as showed
left lung smaller in size - not normal at all
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Austin's liver should be to one side - instead pressed over to the other side

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Nuss Method
Nuss Method: 10-Year Review
Patient Austin's Surgery