Pectus excavatum

Yuen Julia Chen; Shinjiro Hirose

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43926-6_2

Pectus excavatum

Yuen Julia Chen, Shinjiro Hirose

Surgery

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Abstract

Pectus excavatum, "funnel chest," is the most common congenital chest wall deformity and is characterized by a depression of the sternum and the lower costal cartilages resulting in a decrease in the anteroposterior diameter of the chest.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Surgery for Chest Wall Deformities
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	7-18
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319439266
ISBN (Print)	9783319439242
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43926-6_2
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

Keywords

Asymmetry
Cartilage
Pectus excavatum
Repair
Sternum

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)

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Chen, Y. J., & Hirose, S. (2016). Pectus excavatum. In Surgery for Chest Wall Deformities (pp. 7-18). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43926-6_2

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