Table 2.

Characteristics of 10 patients who did not develop scoliosis after chest wall resection

	Age at resection	Gender	Site	Pre-surgery Cobb/Convex (L/R)	Post-Surgery Cobb	Change in Cobb	Curve location	Diagnosis	Adjuvant therapy	Follow-up (yr)
1	15	M	Ribs 5–7: resection rib, pleura, muscle, Gore-Tex reconstruction	11 L	10 L	1	T4–T9	Aneurysmal bone cyst	N	3.8
2	15	F	R anterior rib 5: rib resection	15 R	16 R	1	T4–T10	Enchondroma	N	1.1
3	17	M	L ribs 8, 9, 10: resection rib, pleura, muscle, wedge resection of lung, Gore-Tex reconstruction	0	0	0	n/a	Ewing’s sarcoma	Chemo	1.8
4	16	F	L ribs 8, 9: rib resection	0	0	0	n/a	Slipping rib syndrome	N	1.8
5	11	F	L posterior ribs 9, 10, 11: resection rib, pleura, muscle, wedge resection lung	0	0	0	n/a	Metastatic synovial sarcoma	Chemo	5.8
6	15	F	R posterior rib 6: resection rib, pleura, muscle	13 R	15 R	2	T9–L1	Fibrous dysplasia	N	2
7	2	F	L rib 10, resection rib	0	0	0	n/a	Vascular malformation	N	2
8	16	F	L rib 6, 7, 8: resection rib, pleura, muscle, wedge resection lung, Gore-Tex reconstruction	0	0	0	n/a	Ewing’s sarcoma	Chemo	8.5
9	13	F	L rib 7, 8, 9: resection rib, pleura, muscle, Gore-Tex reconstruction	0	0	0	n/a	Ewing’s sarcoma	Chemo	8
10	12	M	L rib 10, 11: resection rib, pleura, muscle, diaphragm, Gore-Tex reconstruction	0	0	0	n/a	Ewing’s sarcoma	Chemo	7