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Patient at CHKD's Nuss Center getting fitted for a pectus brace.
Dedicated to Improving All Facets of Chest Wall Repair

Nuss Center Outcome Data

Since 1987, CHKD has tracked its consults, surgeries and outcomes to provide data relevant to the patient population seeking help for chest wall deformities for benchmarking purposes. CHKD is dedicated to improving all facets of chest wall repair by its Nuss Center team.

Nuss Procedure

  • Total chest wall deformities evaluated at CHKD: 6,576
  • Primary Repairs: 2,830
  • Re-do Repairs: 138
    - Previous CHKD: 12
    - Previous non-CHKD: 126
  • Recurrence rate: 0.3%
  • Median age at time of repair: 15
  • Average length of hospital stay after repair (over the past 5 years): 3.1 days 

Non-surgical Interventions

Bracing therapy (bracing began in 2009)

  • 625 total bracing patients
  • 97.1% success rate out of the patients that have successfully completed bracing treatment compared to those who have failed bracing

Vacuum Bell (began in 2012)

  • 497 Total patients using vacuum bell
  • Average age of patients using the vacuum bell: 13.5 years old

Contact the Nuss Center at CHKD

Phone: (757) 668-6877
Email: Pectus.Surgery@CHKD.org

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Contáctenos de lunes a viernes de 8:00 a. m. a 4:30 p. m. al (757) 668-9323.

Nuss Center staff showing a patient what the Nuss bar looks like.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Nuss Procedure

Is the Nuss procedure painful? How long is the hospital stay? Our experts answer your most frequently asked questions about pectus excavatum and the Nuss procedure at CHKD.