Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum in adult patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 837-842

  Hebra, Andre ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^b   Feliz, Alexander ^b   Arenas, Jennifer ^b   Moore, Claudia B ^b   Larson, Shawn ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SEROMA; THORAX DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750137986     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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