Surgical repair of pectus carinatum

International Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 326-330

  Saxena, Amulya K ^a,b   Willital, Günter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pectus carinatum; Pigeon chest; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RIB; STATISTICS; STERNUM; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RIBS; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0033201623     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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