A milestone in the science of surgery which can shape and size the chest by removing its deformities through a surgery

This surgery can remove the deformity often known as pigeon chest and scientifically known as pectus carinatum. In this state, the patient's chest is projected outwards giving the shape of bird's breast.

Robert Kelly, who led an international team to carry out this demonstration, explains that no child will suffer from pectus carinatum from now onwards as it has a negative effect on the physical appearance of the child as well as hampers his psychological growth.

For many years, it has been treated as merely a cosmetic issue but now physicians need to understand that this condition needs to be treated.

This surgery holds its origin in South America where few of surgeons were operating a surgery to correct pectus excavatum, a similar condition in which patient's chest is protruded inward. This surgery was headed by DR Donald Nuss.

This technique was popularly known as "Nuss technique". This technique undergoes a process of inserting a curved bar inside the chest cavity, below the rib cage in order to groove the chest from underside, after some time bar will be removed and chest will grow as usual.

During a conference, Dr Marcelo Martinez-Ferro of Argentina enlightened the history of the dynamic compression device and told that correction of pectus carinatum depends upon this technique. Dr Kelly performed surgery on a pectus carinatum patient representing "reverse Nuss" technique. They demonstrate the use of new dynamic compression brace to remove this deformity.