Repair of pectus derformities: Experience and outcome in 317 cases

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 370-374

  Genc, Onur ^a   Gurkok, Sedat ^a   Gözübüyük, Alper ^a   Dakak, Mehmet ^a   Çaylak, Hasan ^a   Yücel, Orhan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PIGEON THORAX; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SEROMA; STERNUM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX WALL; TRANSPLANTATION;

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC WALL; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751334181     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.370     Document Type: Review

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