Modified Ravitch Procedure: Using a Pectus Bar for Posttraumatic Pectus Excavatum

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 647-648

  Kim, Hyun Koo ^a   Choi, Young Ho ^a   Shim, Jae Hoon ^a   Baek, Man Jong ^a   Sohn, Young Sang ^a   Kim, Hark Jei ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MODIFIED RAVITCH PROCEDURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; FRACTURES, BONE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447564896     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.051     Document Type: Article

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