Surgical correction of pectus excavatum and carinatum

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 725-731

  Robicsek, F ^a,b   Fokin, A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Funnel chest surgery; Thoracic surgery procedures; Thorax abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOTOMY; PIGEON THORAX; RIB CARTILAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARTILAGE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; STERNUM; SURGICAL MESH; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032701089     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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