Long-term results after correction of anterior chest wall deformities

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 683-688

  Lacquet, L K ^a   Morshuis, W J ^a   Folgering, H T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Funnel chest; Pectus carinatum; Pectus excavatum; Sternum surgery; Thorax abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PECTUS ARCUATUM; PIGEON THORAX; STERNUM; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL; THORAX WALL DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGERY, PLASTIC; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031728756     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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