Indications for surgical treatment of funnel chest by chest radiograph

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 591-595

  Ohno, Koichi ^a   Nakahira, Masashi ^c   Takeuchi, Satoshi ^c   Shiokawa, Chizuka ^b   Moriuchi, Takayoshi ^a   Harumoto, Ken ^c   Nakaoka, Tatsuo ^c   Ueda, Masanao ^b   Yoshida, Tatsuyuki ^a   Tsujimoto, Kasuke ^b   Kinoshita, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frontosagittal index; Funnel chest; Pectus excavatum; Sternal elevation; Vertebral index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; THORAX WALL DEFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035208502     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830100000     Document Type: Article

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