Repair of pectus excavatum deformities: 30 years of experience with 375 patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 443-448

  Fonkalsrud, Eric W ^a,b   Dunn, James C Y ^a   Atkinson, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDURANCE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OSTEOTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034052324     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200003000-00019     Document Type: Article

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