Sternal Plating to Correct an Unusual Complication of the Nuss Procedure: Erosion of a Pectus Bar Through the Sternum

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1100-1101

  Raff, Gary W ^a   Wong, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 39149090004     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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