Quantitative evaluation of bone and cartilage changes after the Ravitch thoracoplasty by multislice computed tomography with 3-dimensional reconstruction

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1279-1283

  Chang, Pei Yeh ^a   Lai, Jin Yao ^a   Chen, Jeng Chang ^a   Wang, Chao Jan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CALCINOSIS; CARTILAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; THORACIC WALL; THORACOPLASTY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35448993867     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.05.067     Document Type: Article

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