The nuss procedure: Our experience from the first fifty

Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-266

  Banever, Gregory T ^a   Tashjian, David B ^a   Moriarty, Kevin P ^a,b   Konefal Jr , Stanley H ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Pediatric Surgical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; NUSS PROCEDURE; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141679141     PISSN: 10926410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109264103322381654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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