Comparing minimally invasive funnel chest repair versus the conventional technique: An outcome analysis in children

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 668-673

  Boehm, Roland A ^a   Muensterer, Oliver J ^a   Till, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACERATION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ESTHETICS; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11844284891     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000130938.87402.B0     Document Type: Article

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