Surgical aspects of thoracoscopy and efficacy of right thoracoscopy in minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1201-1205

  Saxena, Amulya K ^a   Castellani, Christoph ^a   Höllwarth, Michael E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; TROCAR; TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 34247367550     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.040     Document Type: Article

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