Aesthetic treatment of pectus excavatum: A new endoscopic technique using a porous polyethylene implant

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-110

  Grappolini, Simone ^a   Fanzio, Paolo M ^a   D'Addetta, Pierluca G C ^a   Todde, Alberto ^a   Infante, Maurizio ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Funnel chest; Implant; Omentum flap; Pectus excavatum; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENES; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37849000421     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-007-9025-6     Document Type: Article

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