A straightforward technique for removal of the substernal bar after the Nuss operation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1789-1791

  St Peter, Shawn D ^a   Sharp, Ronald J ^a   Upadhyaya, Prashant ^a   Tsao, KuoJen ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a   Holcomb, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive technique; Pectus bar removal; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; NUSS PROCEDURE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SUBSTERNAL BAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL;

DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; ROTATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 34848856031     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.04.042     Document Type: Article

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