ABSTRACT
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1. INTRODUCTION
Case 1: JC is a 15-year-old boy, who suffers from pectus excavatum. While as a child, JC
had never been self-conscious about his chest wall deformity. His mother reports that over
the last two years he has become increasingly shy and will no longer swim or interact in
team sports in order to avoid locker rooms. JC wants corrective surgery and has researched
the Internet. He wants to have minimally invasive surgery and has chosen the Nuss pro-
cedure. The procedure involves the insertion of a convex steel bar underneath the
sternum, for a period of two years to allow for chest wall remodeling. The bar is then
removed as an outpatient procedure.
