A 10-year review of a minimally invasive technique for the correction of pectus excavatum

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 545-552

  Nuss, Donald ^a,b   Kelly Jr , Robert E ^a   Croitoru, Daniel P ^a   Katz, Michael E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

^b Children's Surgical Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography scans in chest disease; Minimally invasive surgery; Pectus excavatum; Thorax abnormalities

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PIGEON THORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031895118     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90314-1     Document Type: Review

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