funnel chest/hypoxia

We report a 47-year-old man with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) presenting with sinus dysfunction. He became unable to roll over and stand up at the age of 42, but he could still walk. Facial muscle involvement, scapular winging, asymmetrical involvement, funnel chest, and the absence

Nowadays the Nuss operation has been widely adopted as a minimally invasive procedure and standard surgical choice in pectus excavatum. However, much debate and concern have been raised regarding its applicability in adults with pectus excavatum flail chest and other thoratic wall deformities, as

OBJECTIVE The Marshall-Smith Syndrome is a rare disease characterized by facial dysmorphism, accelerated osseous maturation, retarded neuropsychomotor development, and abnormalities of the airways. Patients with this syndrome have a high risk of developing anesthetic complications, especially

We report on a three-generation family with distal arthrogryposis type 5 (DA5). The family has four affected members in three generations with an apparent autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Three affected individuals were examined. All have distal joint contractures with absent flexion

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and the development of thoracic deformity in Children. Methods: A retrospective analysis