Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum (MIRPE) - The Basel Experience

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 289-295

  Haecker, F M ^a   Bielek, J ^a   Von Schweinitz, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest wall deformities; Minimally invasive surgery; Pectus excavatum; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SWITZERLAND; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DEFORMITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBE;

EID: 0346328501     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1023-9332.9.6.289     Document Type: Article

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