Pectus excavatum: Comparison of nonprosthetic repairs using multiple techniques

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Fox, Justin P ^a,b   Schnell, J Lane ^a   Adams Jr , Thomas A ^a   Hilton, William M ^a   Seyfer, Alan E ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33847235766     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000252400.13715.19     Document Type: Article

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