The influence of right anterolateral thoracotomy in prepubescent female patients on late breast development and on the incidence of scoliosis

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1474-1480

  Bleiziffer, Sabine ^a   Schreiber, Christian ^a   Burgkart, Rainer ^a   Regenfelder, Felix ^a   Kostolny, Martin ^a   Libera, Paul ^a   Holper, Klaus ^a   Lange, Rüdiger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCOLIOSIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 2342432451     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.11.033     Document Type: Article

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