Repair of recurrent pectus deformities

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1075-1079

  De Ugarte, Daniel A ^a   Choi, Edmund ^a   Fonkalsrud, Eric W ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PIGEON THORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RIB CARTILAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX SURGERY; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036988622     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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