Chest pain caused by multiple exostoses of the ribs: A case report and a review of literature

Table 1 Review of surgically treated intra-thoracic exostoses reports

Ref.	Year	Age	No. of exostoses	Procedure	Outcomes
[6]	1980	9	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[7]	1981	20	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[8]	1989	7	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[9]	1990	14	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[10]	1993	19	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[11]	1994	36	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[12]	1994	3	1	Thoracoscopy	Good
[13]	1997	19	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[14]	1998	15	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[15]	1997	17	1	Thoracoscopy	Good
[16]	2001	21	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[17]	2005	6	3	Thoracoscopy	Good
[4]	2005	15	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[18]	2005	11	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[19]	2006	14	1	Thoracotomy/thoracoscopy	Good
[20]	2008	17	2	Thoracotomy	Good
		15	1	Thoracotomy	Good
		23	2	Thoracotomy	Good
		12	1	Thoracotomy	Good
		3	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[21]	2009	15	1	Thoracoscopy	Good
[22]	2009	16	1	Thoracoscopy	Good
[23]	2010	17	1	Thoracoscopy	Good
[3]	2011	14	2	Thoracotomy	Good
		6	2	Thoracotomy	Good
[24]	2012	25	1	Thoracotomy/thoracoscopy	Good
[25]	2013	2	1	Thoracotomy	Good
[26]	2013	5	1	Thoracoscopy	Good
[27]	2012	21	1	Thoracotomy/thoracoscopy	Good
[28]	2014	16	2	Thoracoscopy	Good
[29]	2014	15	1	Thoracotomy	Good
		5	Multiple intra/extrathoracic	Thoracotomy	Good
[30]	2015	18	1	Thoracoscopy	Good