This case describes an early adolescent boy with severe pectus carinatum, managed with a complex surgical approach after bracing was deemed unfeasible. A multidisciplinary team collaborated, using ...

However, the surgery is also available for adults and older adults. Pectus carinatum, or keel chest, occurs when the rib cage pushes outwards. This condition can give the rib cage an uneven ...

Some rare genetic disorders can cause barrel chests. About 15% of children diagnosed with pectus carinatum, which causes a type of pigeon chest similar to barrel chest, will develop scoliosis. There ...

Background The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are heritable disorders of connective tissue (HDCT), reclassified in the 2017 nosology into 13 subtypes. The genetic basis for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos ...

Corrigendum: Co-existence of blaOXA-23 and blaVIM in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates belonging to global complex 2 in a Chinese teaching hospital.