Surgeons using magnets on children with sunken chests

10:17 AM, Aug 20, 2012   |    comments
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Surgeons at the US Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco are using magnets to reshape the breastbones of children who suffer from Sunken Chest Syndrome.

The technique is undergoing phase 3 clinical trials.

Gannett