Efficacy and safety of modified bilateral thoracoscopy-assisted Nuss procedure in adult patients with pectus excavatum

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1057-1061

  Cheng, Yeung Leung ^a   Lee, Shih Chun ^a   Huang, Tsai Wang ^a   Wu, Ching Tang ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult; Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORACOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949143943     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.07.068     Document Type: Article

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