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Practical remarks
Incidence of pectus carinatum in UK
Review of the UK society web site, www.scts.org shows about 400 major chest wall cases per year—most would be pectus and so a third PC, I imagine. This excludes the many mild cases turned away untreated!
Review of the UK society web site, www.scts.org shows about 400 major chest wall cases per year—most would be pectus and so a third PC, I imagine. This excludes the many mild cases turned away untreated!
...We do 20 or so cases per year between us. Our hospital management (and National Health institutions nationwide) would be most attracted to this low cost alternative to surgery... I have a personal interest as my own 13 year old son has mild/mod asymmetric PC.
Mr. Clifford Barlow
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Southampton General Hospital
United Kingdom
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Southampton General Hospital
United Kingdom
Short cuts
The Clinical Advisory Program provides physicians with consultation
GET STARTED outlines the steps for measurement, ordering, and fitting
Refer patients to LEARN MORE, the FAQ and PATIENT RESOURCES for introductory material about compressive bracing of pectus carinatum
TREATMENT ROOM outlines what patients can expect from the protocol
Quick reference
Questions?
Read the summary
The Calgary Protocol for Bracing of Pectus Carinatum: A Preliminary Report, (Dragan Kravarusic, Bryan J. Dicken, Richard Dewar, James Harder, Philippe Poncet, Marc Schneider and David L. Sigalet). Findings were presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Quebec Canada, September 2005 and published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Volume 41, Issue 5, May 2006, Pages 923-926.
