Video-assisted thorascoscopic surgery (VATS): Endoscopic thoracoplasty technique

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2178-2182

  Mehlman, Charles T ^a   Crawford, Alvin H ^a,b   Wolf, Randall K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Costoplasty; Endoscopic; Rib; Scoliosis; Thoracoplasty; Thoracoscopic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB MALFORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIDEORECORDING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB; SCOLIOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031284681     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199709150-00017     Document Type: Article

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