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If you would like to seek further advice from a specialist consultant, you must consult your General Practitioner first and ask him/her to refer you. You should not approach the consultant directly.

The following hospital Trusts have consultants who have specialist skills in caring for patients with pectus deformities.This list is compiled by city or town.

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Consultant Mr D Parikh MS FRCS, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon
Hospital The Childrens Hospital, Steelhouse Lane
Birmingham B4 6NH
Tel: 0121 333 8083
Age of Patient Paediatric
No of patients seen / year  
No of operations / year  
Type of operation Nuss procedure
Comments  

Consultant Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Hospital Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bradford Hospital,
Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane
Bradford BD9 6RJ
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 12
No of operations / year 6
Type of operation Limited excision supported by Harefield Pattern bar
Comments  

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Consultant Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard
Cambridge CB3 8RE
Age of Patient Aged 16 and over
No of patients seen / year  
No of operations / year 5-8
Type of operation Ravitich
Comments  

Consultant Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon
Hospital University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park
Cardiff CF14 4XW
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 12-15
No of operations / year 3-4
Type of operation Robicek technique
Comments  

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Consultant Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Lothian University Hospital NHS Trust, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9YW
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 6-8
No of operations / year 2-3
Type of operation Modification of several techniques using bar for support
Comments  

Consultant Peter Froeschle, MD, FETCS, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Royal Devon & Exeter Foundation NHS Trust, Barrack Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 5DW
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 10-15
No of operations / year 6-8
Type of operation The methods of repair for pectus excavatum are the NUSS and the modified Ravitch technique.
Comments Special interest in chest wall deformities and their repair.

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Consultant Mr D.C.G. Crabbe, MD FRCS, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon
Hospital Clarendon Wing, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS2 9NS
Tel: 0113 392 5077, Fax: 0113 392 6609
Email: dc@dcrabbe.freeserve.co.uk
Age of Patient Paediatric
No of patients seen / year  
No of operations / year  
Type of operation Nuss procedure
Comments  

Consultant Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Hospital The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 3EX
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 12
No of operations / year 12
Type of operation Ravitich
Comments  

Consultant Mr R Milton, Mr JAC Thorpe, Mr K Papagiannopoulos
Hospital Department of Thoracic Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Beckett St, Leeds LS9 7TF
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year  
No of operations / year As a unit we perform around 30 pectus repairs annually
Type of operation Full range of pectus correction surgery, including modified Ravitch and Nuss repair
Comments  

Consultant Professor D.A. Lloyd MChir, FRCS, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon
Mr R Franks, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Hospital Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, Eaton Road,
Liverpool L12 2AP
Tel: 0151 252 5250
Age of Patient Paediatric
No of patients seen / year  
No of operations / year  
Type of operation Nuss procedure
Comments  

Consultant Mr E.M. Kiely FRCS, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon
Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3EH
Tel: 020 7405 9200
Age of Patient Paediatric
No of patients seen / year  
No of operations / year  
Type of operation Nuss procedure
Comments  

Consultant Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon (two)
Hospital Great Ormond Street Hospital for children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH
Age of Patient Paediatric
No of patients seen / year 120
No of operations / year 12-25
Type of operation WADA sternal turnover for pectus carinatum and Nuss for excavatum
Comments Numbers increasing as Nuss procedures develop

Consultant Mr Dussek, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Guy's Hospital, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 20
No of operations / year 8-10
Type of operation Modified Ravitich using bar
Comments Patients are referred from Marfan Association

Consultant Mr S Withey MS FRCS (Plast), Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon &
Mr DR Lawrence MS FRCS (CTh), Counsultant Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Heart Hospital,16-18 Westmorland St, London W1G 8PH
Tel: 020 75048938
Age of Patient Adults
No of patients seen / year 25-30
No of operations / year 10-15
Type of operation
  • Ravitch: modified, with or without bar.
  • NUSS.
  • Custome made silicone implant.
  • Minimally invasive techniques.
Comments Unique joint speciality service for patients with pectus anomolies from a mulit-disiciplanary team consisting of a Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon, Cardiothoracic surgeon, specialist nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists.

Consultant Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 1-2
No of operations / year  
Type of operation  
Comments  

Consultant Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon
Hospital St. Bartholomew's & The London NHS Trust, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year Approx. 30
No of operations / year Approx. 6
Type of operation  
Comments  

Consultant Mr George Ladas FRCS FETCS, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Sydney Street
London, SW3 6NP
Age of Patient Adult and Paediatric
No of patients seen / year 10-15
No of operations / year 6-8
Type of operation Nuss procedure (also in adults), Modified Ravitch
Comments Also re-do procedures, correction of Pectus carinatum and complex deformities

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Consultant Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon (four)
Hospital Manchester Heart Centre, The Royal Infirmary
Manchester M13 9WL
Age of Patient Adult and Paediatric
No of patients seen / year  
No of operations / year 30-40
Type of operation Modified Ravitich
Comments Each surgeon has their own modified technique 

Consultant Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon
Hospital South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 9LT
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year  
No of operations / year 4
Type of operation Ravitich
Comments  

Consultant Mr Wallis, Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Cardiothoracic Unit, South Cleveland Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesborough, Cleveland TS4 3BW
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 3-4
No of operations / year 1-2
Type of operation Ravitich
Comments  

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Consultant Consultant Thoracic Surgeon & Consultant Cardio-thoracic Surgeon
Hospital The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital NHS Trust, The Freeman Hospital, High Heaton
Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7DN
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 9 (Thoracic Consultant)
No of operations / year 5-7 (Thoracic Consultant), 2-3 (Cardio-thoracic Consultant)
Type of operation Modified Ravitich with Marlex Mesh (Thoracic Consultant)
Ravitich with bar (Cardio-thoracic Consultant)
Comments

Consultant Mr Leslie Hamilton, Consultant Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Hospital The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital NHS Trust, The Freeman Hospital, High Heaton
Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7DN
Age of Patient up to 16 years (and adults with congenital heart disease)
No of patients seen / year 15 – 20 with abnormal chest shape
No of operations / year 5 – 10 for chest wall abnormalities
Type of operation programme for Nuss procedure started 2004
Comments

Consultant Mr. Wyn Parry, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Dr. Marc van Leuven, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Both consultant thoracic surgeons have an interest in pectus and other chest wall deformities.
Hospital Thoracic Surgical Unit, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane
Norwich NR4 7UZ
Age of Patient Adult & paediatric
No of patients seen / year 10-15 but increasing
No of operations / year 6-8
Type of operation Ravitch with and without bar
Nuss procedure
Comments

Consultant Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Road
Nottingham NG5 1PB
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 20-25
No of operations / year 10
Type of operation Modified Ravitich procedure, Nuss procedure
Comments

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Consultant Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Hospital Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE
Age of Patient Adult
No of patients seen / year 15
No of operations / year 5-7
Type of operation Modified Ravitich and implant corrections
Comments Only referrals for NHS treatment will be accepted, and only on receipt of a GP letter with full background information on the patient. Treatment will also be subject to prior approval having been obtained for treatment on an NHS basis by the relevant funding PCT (ie, the locality of the patient, not Oxford). Patients for private treatment will not be accepted.

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Consultant Mr Roger Vaughan, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU
Age of Patient Adult and paediatric
No of patients seen / year  
No of operations / year 8-10
Type of operation Nuss in adults and children or Ravitich
Comments Also operates with a paediatric surgeon

Consultant Mr Sean Marven, Consultant paediatric thoracic surgeon
Hospital Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield S10 2TH
Email sean.marven@sch.nhs.uk
Tel 0114 2267918
Age of Patient Up to 19 years of age
No of patients seen / year  >20 patients per year seen
No of operations / year  
Type of operation MIRPE thoracoscopic Nuss bar inserted
Comments  

Consultant Mr Wheeler, Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon
Mr Weeden, Adult Thoracic Surgeon
Hospital Southampton General Hospital, East Wing, Tremona Road,
Southampton SO16 6YD
Age of Patient  
No of patients seen / year 120
No of operations / year 10-15
Type of operation Modified Ravitich for adults, Nuss for paediatrics
Comments  

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