Institutional report - Thoracic general: Early results following the Nuss operation for pectus excavatum - A single-institution experience of 383 patients

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-57

  Pilegaard, Hans K ^a   Licht, Peter B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Pectus excavatum; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROMA; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049133791     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.160937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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