
Kathleen Comley, CRNA, tears a piece of tape for anesthesiologist Amanda Redding, left, as they prepare to put the patient to sleep before Dr. Andre Hebra performs a pectus excavatum.
MUSC anesthesiologist Amanda Redding, left, and Kathleen Comley, CRNA, put the patient to sleep before Dr. Andre Hebra performs a pectus excavatum surgery.
Dr. Andre Hebra performs a pectus excavatum surgery.
Dr. Hebra talks with Dr. Mary Jordan, medical resident, as they are about to start the pectus excavatum surgery on a patient.
Medical student Ashley Smith, left, watches as Dr. Hebra and Dr. Jordan perform a pectus excavatum surgery on a patient.
Dr. Jordan listens to Dr. Andre Hebra as he describes the next step of the pectus excavatum surgery.
Dr. Hebra hands the suction bell to Roberta Porcher, RN, as Ashley Smith holds the small camera used to see inside the chest while performing the pectus excavatum surgery.




Dr. Hebra uses a device to bend and customize the bar used in the pectus excavatum surgery while Dr. Jordan and Ashley Smith watches.
Dr. Andre Hebra uses a device to bend and customize the bar used in the pectus excavatum surgery.

Dr. Jordan attaches the handle to the bar so that she can turn it in the chest during the pectus excavatum surgery.




The before and after picture of a patient.