Early experience with the Nuss minimally invasive correction of pectus excavatum in adults

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1217-1221

  Coln, Dale ^a   Gunning, Tom ^a   Ramsay, Michael ^a   Swygert, Tom ^a   Vera, Richard ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUSS PROCEDURE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX; THORAX WALL; URINE RETENTION; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 0036777650     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6519-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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