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I have mild pectus excavatum and the surgeon said that surgery may not help because part of it is breathing problems and part is affected muscles?
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Pectus: There is a chest brace they can fit you in until you chest reshapes and this eases the breathing problems over time. Surgery is the very last resort when everything else fails.
Answered 4/25/2016
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