Repair of pectus excavatum and carinatum in adults

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-124

  Fonkalsrud, Eric W ^a   Bustorff Silva, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; FOLLOW UP; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PIGEON THORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SPIROMETRY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033000533     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00316-X     Document Type: Article

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