The seagull wing self retaining prosthesis in the surgical treatment of pectus excavatum

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-146

  Dato, G M Actis ^a   Cavaglia M ^a   Ruffini, E ^b   Dato Jr , A Actis ^a   Mancuso, M ^b   Parola, A ^b   Papalia, E ^b   Oliaro, A ^b,c  

^a Ital Institution of Cardiac Surgery   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Department of Thoracic Surgery ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Funnel chest surgery; Thoracic surgery; Thorax abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTHESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB RESECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345490912     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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