Force required to elevate the sternum of pectus excavatum patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 575-577

  Fonkalsrud, Eric W ^a,b   Reemtsen, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB CARTILAGE; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRACTION;

EID: 0036789892     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01245-0     Document Type: Article

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