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After open-chest surgery for pectus excavatum, Cody becomes unstoppable
Cody is an active baseball player and fisherman who will go head-to-head with an 8-pound bass any day of the week. But when Cody's cardiologist told him he’d likely need to have his chest opened up for surgery, he admits it sounded terrifying.
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At Children's Health, we take pride in providing our pectus excavatum/carinatum patients with exceptional surgical care found in only a handful of hospitals in the nation. The patients in our Pectus Clinic have some of the shortest hospital stays and lowest opioid prescriptions for pediatric pectus repairs. This commitment to a high standard of quality care has garnered us recognition as designated Level 1 and Level II NSQIP-Ped hospital by the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
The Center for Pediatric Pectus and Chest Wall Anomalies at Children’s Health℠ delivers comprehensive care to diagnose, evaluate and treat chest wall anomalies in infants, children, and teens.