Long-term changes in bone and cartilage after Ravitch's thoracoplasty: findings from multislice computed tomography with 3-dimensional reconstruction

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1947-1950

  Chang, Pei Yeh ^a   Lai, Jin Yao ^a   Chen, Jeng Chang ^a   Wang, Chao Jan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cartilage; CT scan; Pectus excavatum; Ravitch's thoracoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DISEASE; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE; CHILD; CHONDROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAVITCH THORACOPLASTY; RIB; STERNUM; THORAX SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845230656     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.08.030     Document Type: Article

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