Funnel chest: Treatment strategy and follow-up

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 344-350

  Suita, S ^a   Taguchi, Tomoaki ^a   Masumoto, Kouji ^a   Kubota, Masayuki ^a   Kamimura, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest wall deformity; Funnel chest; Funnel index; Quality of life; Sternoturnover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034938479     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830000575     Document Type: Article

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