Surgical correction of pectus excavatum: The Munster experience

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Saxena, Amulya K ^a   Schaarschmidt, Klaus ^a   Schleef, Jürgen ^a   Morcate, Jose J ^a   Willital, Günter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Funnel chest; Pectus excavatum; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PETHIDINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STERNUM; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RIBS; SEX FACTORS; STAINLESS STEEL; STERNUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032936029     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050190     Document Type: Article

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