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Chest Wall Deformities

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A broad spectrum of anomalies occur in the chest wall, ranging from pectus carinatum, a protrusion anomaly, to pectus excavatum, a depression anomaly, to actual absence of the ribs and pectoral muscle in Poland’s syndrome. These deformities, which are the most frequent to occur, will be discussed in this chapter including their physiologic implications for the patient as well as frequent approaches to treatment. The devastating deformities of ectopia cordis and sternal defects are much rarer and as such will not be discussed.

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    Robert C. Shamberger

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Shamberger, R.C. (2020). Chest Wall Deformities. In: Puri, P. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38482-0_98-1

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