Minimally Invasive Repair for Pectus Excavatum in Adults

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1914-1918

  Teh, Swee H ^a   Hanna, Angela M ^a   Pham, Tuan H ^a   Lee, Adriana ^a   Deschamps, Claude ^a   Stavlo, Penny ^a   Moir, Christopher ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43649096349     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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