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Burns is a preventable tragedy, which is unfortunately still common in India. The possibility of disfigurement, death and emotional trauma as a result of burns is a shattering experience to the victim as well as his/her family. Proper initial management can salvage many such unfortunate victims. Burns patients require close monitoring, barrier nursing and sympathetic attitude of medical and paramedical staff in a burns ICU to have a reasonable chance of survival.

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Pectus carinatum is an uncommon congenital anomaly. Surgical correction for the deformity is infrequently sought but is usually very rewarding. There are three types of the deformity, viz. chondro- gladiolar, chondro-manubrial and the lateral variety, of which the latter is the most rare. We present a fifteen year girl who had pectus carinatum of the lateral variety involving the left second to the eighth costo-chondral junctions. The indication for surgical intervention was purely aesthetic. Subperichondrial excision of the lateral halves of the affected costal cartilages and shaving of the adjacent ribs was done. The post-operative recovery was uneventful and the deformity was corrected satisfactorily.