[Effect of subtotal resection of costal cartilage on the basic chest dimensions in children with funnel chest deformity]. / Vliianie subtotal'noi rezektsii rebernykh khrashchei na osnovnye razmery grudnoi kletki pri eë voronkoobraznoi deformatsii u detei.

The paper summarizes the results of anthropometric and computed tomographic studies of the external and internal chest dimensions in 86 patients with Degree II-III infundibuliform chest deformity. Full resection of deformed cartilages of the third to seventh ribs has been examined for its impact. The children with infundibuliform chest deformity have been found to have an impressed anteroposterior dimension of the bilateral chest. The transversal and anteroposterior dimensions of the chest remain unchanged after removal of cartilages. The chest enlarges only sagittaly. One- and three-year follow-ups have indicated that full removal of the deformed cartilage has no impact on the growth of the chest.