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Chest Wall Deformities

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Chest wall deformities are uncommon in the pediatric population. The majority of which are cosmetic, and therefore surgical correction is to improve the patient’s body image. Rare abnormalities, such as Jeune’s syndrome and sternal clefts, have clinical consequences for the patient.

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  1. Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK

    Michael Singh & Dakshesh Parikh

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

    Emmanuel A. Ameh

  2. Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, Rady Children’s Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

    Stephen W. Bickler

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Kokila Lakhoo

  4. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Colombus, OH, USA

    Benedict C. Nwomeh

  5. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Dan Poenaru

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Singh, M., Parikh, D. (2020). Chest Wall Deformities. In: Ameh, E.A., Bickler, S.W., Lakhoo, K., Nwomeh, B.C., Poenaru, D. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41724-6_53

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