Quality-of-life outcomes after surgical correction of pectus excavatum: a comparison of the Ravitch and Nuss procedures

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 819-825

  Lam, Mindy W C ^a   Klassen, Anne F ^c   Montgomery, Carolyne J ^a,b   LeBlanc, Jacques G ^a   Skarsgard, Erik D ^a  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL); Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum (PE); Ravitch procedure

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249105022     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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