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Bones & Muscles

Pectus Excavatum: The Nuss Procedure

The Nuss procedure is a surgery to correct severe pectus excavatum. It’s considered "minimally invasive" because only a few small cuts are needed.

Pectus Excavatum: Vacuum Bell Device

Health care providers sometimes suggest that kids use a vacuum bell to help correct pectus excavatum, a condition that causes a caved-in chest.

Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS)

Babies born with Pierre Robin Sequence have a smaller-than-normal jaw. They need special treatment to keep the airway open, help with feeding and prevent serious problems.

Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is pain on the bottom of the foot and heel from too much pressure on the foot. People who do a lot of standing, running, or jumping often have it.

Polydactyly

Polydactyly is when a baby is born with an extra finger on the hand or an extra toe on the foot. It can be on one or both hands or feet.

Pompe Disease

Pompe disease is a rare genetic condition that makes muscles get weaker over time.

Postural Kyphosis

Postural kyphosis is rounding or hunching of the back that usually affects teens. It's due to "bad" posture and not disease.

Primordial Dwarfism

People with primordial dwarfism have slowed growth that begins before birth and continues throughout life. Sometimes they have other health problems too.

Pseudoachondroplasia

Pseudoachondroplasia is a skeletal dysplasia that causes dwarfism and arms and legs that are short compared with the body. Children who have it can live long and productive lives.

Radial Dysplasia

Babies with radial dysplasia (also called radial club hand) are born with a short or missing radial bone. This makes the wrist turn in.