Early complications of the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum: A prospective study

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 659-666

  Castellani, Christoph ^a   Schalamon, Johannes ^a   Saxena, Amulya K ^a   Höellwarth, Michael E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN INJURY; PERFORATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 43749087556     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-008-2106-z     Document Type: Article

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