Compressive orthotic bracing in the treatment of pectus carinatum: the use of radiographic markers to predict success

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1776-1780

  Stephenson, Jacob T ^a,b   Du Bois, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brace; Compressive; Orthotic; Pectus carinatum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALLER INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PIGEON THORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRACES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STERNUM; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52949095735     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.03.049     Document Type: Article

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