title: Experience with a variation of the transverse incision in chest wall deformity correction.
abstract: This report describes a variation of the transverse chest wall incision to elevate all soft tissue layers of the chest wall in one layer during repair of chest wall deformity in children. This is a report of an experience in 285 cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Cook Children's Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods; D013909:Thorax / Q000002:abnormalities*