Impact of Risser Stage on Pressure of Correction in Pectus Carinatum

a scale of pubertal development in children, adolescents

a measure showing the growth left in the spine

an indirect parameter of the chest wall's flexibility. It is defined as the pressure applied to the patient, in the most protruding area of the chest, needed to accomplish a proper shape of the thorax.

distance from the point of maximum protrusion to the estimated normal level of chest wall