Save the date! The Nuss Advanced Pectus Course begins October 22, 2025.
Work with the newest pectus equipment in hands-on learning sessions. This year's event will be held at Lester Hall in Norfolk, Virginia. Details coming soon!
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.
Dedicated to Improving All Facets of Chest Wall Repair
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
Frequently Asked Questions
The Nuss Procedure