title: Preoperative assessment of chest wall deformities.
abstract: Anterior chest wall anomalies vary by age at presentation, signs, and symptoms as well as evaluation and subsequent surgical treatment. The most common abnormalities include pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, and Poland syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. pc@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Colombani
mesh_terms: D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009139:Musculoskeletal Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018579:Patient Selection; D012008:Recurrence; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome