The surgical treatment of pectus excavatum in children

Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 254-259

  Boia, Eugen Sorin ^a,c   Holcomb III, George W ^b   Popoiu, Calin Marius ^a   Radulescu, Andrei ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 5144229131     PISSN: 10926410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pei.2004.8.254     Document Type: Article

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