Pectus excavatum and carinatum: New concepts in the correction of congenital chest wall deformities in the pediatric age group

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-11

  Mavanur, Arun ^a,b   Hight, Donald W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STERNUM; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 40949140679     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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