Complications associated with the Nuss procedure: continued evolution of the learning curve

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-317

  Vegunta, Ravindra K ^a,b   Pacheco, Paul E ^a,b   Wallace, Lizabeth J ^a,b   Pearl, Richard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNNEL CHEST; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; NUSS PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STERNUM; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 40749121731     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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