Chest x-ray as a primary modality for preoperative imaging of pectus excavatum

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-73

  Mueller, Claudia ^a   Saint Vil, Dickens ^a   Bouchard, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haller index; Pectus excavatum; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149132317     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.09.023     Document Type: Article

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