The rib cage is also known as the thoracic cage ... This occurs when the ribs are deformed, creating a small chest where healthy lungs cannot develop correctly. Most of the time, these deformities ...

AIS is a complex three-dimensional (3D) deformity of the thoracic and lumbar spines and rib cage. Classification schemes like the Lenke system have been developed to help categorize scoliotic ...

In a procedure known as rib cartilage ear reconstruction, Gault crafted Gardner a new ear from cartilage taken from right above her rib cage ... amount of skin to the deformity the person first ...

BATTLING Charlotte Speddy was recovering in a Texas hospital last night after her fifth, and latest, lifesaving operation on her deformed rib cage. BATTLING Charlotte Speddy was recovering in a ...

A SCHOOLGIRL will undergo specialist surgery on her deformed rib cage in Wales for the first time. Over the past three years Charlotte Speddy has travelled back and forth to the United States for ...

Though spinal fusion is the most common intervention to correct AIS deformity, this method limits the patient's future growth. Knowledge of the growth remaining in the spine and rib cage is critical ...

Brandon, from Iowa, was born with pectus excavatum which is a congenital deformity of the chest wall in which the sternum and rib cage grow abnormally. Appearing on E! show Botched By Nature ...

SIMS Hospital in Chennai has launched a dedicated centre to treat rib fractures and breastbone deformity. The Centre of Excellence for Rib Cage Disorders will cater to patients suffering from ...