About 1 in 300 children are born with sternoclavicular dimples, and about 10-15% of them have scoliosis and other genetic diseases. Sternoclavicular dimples in newborns can be detected quite early at birth, but it does not always cause severe symptoms and require treatment.

Pectus excavatum is a chest wall deformity caused by abnormal development of the sternum and some of the costal cartilages. Pectus excavatum causes many obstacles in puberty development. Nuss surgery is performed to treat pectus excavatum, to improve the patient's body shape, posture and respiratory function.

The dimples on the chest of young children can be a sign of congenital pectus excavatum, which is a quite dangerous disease. Treatment of congenital pectus excavatum is applied with many methods such as placing a bell to lift the sternum, Nuss surgery to shape the sternum...