[Thoracic trauma: analysis of 124 patients who underwent thoracotomy].

Objective: To analyze patients who underwent thoracotomy for the treatment of chest trauma in the City of Manaus.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study through analyzed records in the two main reference hospitals for trauma adults in this city during a period of 5 years. We considered for this study the epidemiological data, causal agent, type of incision, anatomical classification score of trauma, prognostic factors and mortality.

Prevalence of pectus carinatum and pectus excavatum in students in the city of Manaus, Brazil.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of congenital anterior chest wall deformities in 11- to 14-year-old students.

Methods: Students participating in the study were recruited from public schools in the city of Manaus, Brazil. The statistically significant sample (precision, 1%; 95% CI) comprised 1,332 students.