Repair of congenital sternal cleft in infants and adolescents

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1151-1154

  De Campos, José Ribas M ^a,b   Filomeno, Luiz T B ^a   Fernandez, Angelo ^a   Lopes Ruiz, Raul ^a   Minamoto, Hélio ^a   De Campos Werebe, Eduardo ^a   Jatene, Fabio B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL BONE DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX MALFORMATION;

EID: 0032191981     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00596-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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