Insight into the Nuss procedure

Medical care is a requirement in every society but there are certain medical procedures that require expertise and knowledge. Pectus excavatum repair is a surgical example that should be performed by a professional and such a service may not be available in most parts of the world today.

That implies that anyone suffering from such a complication may have to travel far away from their country of origin to seek treatment if the service is not available there. Repair of the Pectus excavatum as well as Pectus Carinatum surgery are among the medical services required in Africa and that is why the Nuss procedure was formally introduced in South Africa to serve this need in the continent.

Hence, patients who had to shoulder huge travelling costs to secure such treatment outside the continent, now have something to smile about, seeing these services are now closer home. It is also an indication that the spread of these services to the rest of the continent of Africa may be possible in the coming days.