Lorenz Bar Repair of Pectus Excavatum in the Adult Population: Should it be Done?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 402-409

  Olbrecht, Vanessa A ^a   Arnold, Meghan A ^a   Nabaweesi, Rosemary ^a   Chang, David C ^a   McIltrot, Kimberly H ^a   Abdullah, Fizan ^a   Paidas, Charles N ^b   Colombani, Paul M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LORENZ BAR REPAIR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47149084584     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.038     Document Type: Article

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