"The Staff at CHKD was wonderful. I always felt welcome. I never felt different."
Well known for their expertise in chest wall deformities, pediatric surgeons at CHKD offer vacuum bell treatment as an alternative to surgery for patients with pectus excavatum.
CHKD patient William Light was diagnosed with pectus excavatum at just four years old. In this video, he shares how vacuum bell therapy helped him avoid surgery and correct his pectus excavatum.
William says he felt welcome and loved from the moment he first met the care team at CHKD’s Nuss Center. “The staff at CHKD was wonderful ... I always felt welcome. I never felt different,” William said.
To learn more about the vacuum bell, call CHKD's Nuss Center at (757) 668-6877, or e-mail Pectus.Surgery@CHKD.org.
