My 13-year-old is trying to make a decision on whether or not to have their pectus excavatum condition surgically corrected. We are hoping to connect to families whose children have had this procedure to learn more about the experience (and the outcome, if it was several years ago). We are looking at the Nuss procedure with cryoblation at Kaiser, though interested in hearing from those who've treated the condition with other approaches or opted not to treat it, too. Thanks!
My 16 year old has this condition. He has decided for now anyway to not pursue the surgery. We got the device from Germany - the one that Kaiser doesn't cover, but will support, sigh. Child is not using it regularly, so... IDK where this is going or if he's seeing any improvement with his minimal usage.
Last we spoke to the doc about the surgery in 2024, they were still recommending doing over the summer and has just felt difficult to us (parents) to work that in to other things that happen in the summer, and child hasn't been motivated enough to want to go through a surgical experience. In a perfect world, perhaps child would take a gap year for a variety of reasons, including having plenty of time to schedule and recover from this surgery. But again, there's no plan for this.