Results of video-assisted exposure of the anterior thoracic spine in idiopathic scoliosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 818-823

  Pollock, Marc E ^a   O'Neal, Kelly ^b   Picetti, George ^b   Blackman, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEVISION CAMERA; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0030248049     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00505-X     Document Type: Article

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