Long-term observation in 68 patients operated on for pectus excavatum: Surgical repair of funnel chest

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 821-824

  Kowalewski, Janusz ^a   Brocki, Marian ^a   Zolyjrski, Krystian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032914764     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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