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Surgery for pectum excavatum?
by gasela, Apr 29, 2008 11:05PM
I am 53 and have a mild case of pectum excavatum. I would love to hear about someone who had the corrective surgery. I would also like to have names of Doctors at Hopkins who are experienced in this type of condition.
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The surgery hurts a lot and I would highly recommend taking some serious time to think about it before doing it. I had it done at age 25 and it took me about 2-3 months to get back to normal activities. Had to spend 1 month out of work right afterwards. The pain is pretty awful as well and you'll most certainly be on heavy painkillers for 2-4 weeks.
The results are also not always perfect and there is certainly a risk of requiring additional surgeries, like in my case.
Gasela