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The Pectus Repair Clinic at Kingsbridge Private Hospital is the only private clinic of its type in either Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland. (Commencing June 2021)
Pectus deformity is a congenital abnormality of the chest wall that presents either with a protrusion (pigeon chest) or sunken chest.
The Pectus Clinic is led by Mr Niall McGonigle MB BCh MD FRCSI (C-Th) Consultant Thoracic Surgeon (BHSCT). Niall suffered from the condition himself and is, therefore, able to offer a unique insight to the issues experienced by other suffers. The clinic offers the latest surgical and non-surgical treatments for pectus deformity. We aim to help you regardless of the type of deformity.
Currently, teenagers and young adults with pectus deformity may receive an NHS consultation. However, as the NHS and NICE consider this to be a cosmetic treatment patients will be added to a waiting list with little prospect of getting surgery within the NHS.
Over many years braces have been developed for this condition. These braces are compressive and 'remodel' the chest wall. Recent studies assessing the validity of braces have reported excellent outcomes with bracing and avoiding surgery.
The brace corrects the chest deformity by applying sustained pressure to the chest wall and specifically the soft cartilage joints between the breastbone and ribs (the origin of the pectus deformity) holding them in position and over time allowing re-modelling of the chest for a permanent correction and repairing the appearance of the chest.
The braces are CE approved with the clinic offering both the FMF™ Dynamic Compression Brace and The Strawberry Compression Brace™
Teenagers and young adults from 12 years to 20 years.
While most patients achieve good results through use of a brace, where the brace treatment has failed to provide the desired results, surgery may be required, A similar programme is also available for pectus excavatum (sunk in chest) through the use of a suction cup.
A Brace is generally fitted within a 45-minute OPD consultation.
Treatment is generally complete in 9-12 months.
Surgery takes about 2hrs and involves a horizontal cut across the middle of the chest. The affected costal cartilages are removed and the breastbone reset. In-hospital recovery is generally 5-6 days. Contact sports must be avoided for 3-6 months. The surgery is similar for both Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum.
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