hello im new to this forum,my son who is 13 has pe we only found out about 3 months ago that his dip in his chest actualy has a name for it.we have eventualy seen a cardio-thoricic consultant whos name is mr a.y.youhana in morriston hospital wales,he suggrsted my son for the ravitch operation in the spring 2006.as you can imagine its a big operation .are there any people out there whos already had this done ,how did it go ,the results,pain and so on,ro even beter the same consultant my son is to have his operation with.many thanks (a worried dad).