Nuss procedure: Pediatric surgical solution for adults with pectus excavatum

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-29

  Aronson, Daniel C ^a,b   Bosgraaf, Remko P ^a   Van Der Horst, Chantal ^c   Ekkelkamp, Seine ^a,b  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUSS PROCEDURE; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846178725     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0779-1     Document Type: Article

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