Pectus excavatum: Evaluation of Nuss technique by objective methods

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1084-1088

  Brigato, Rodrigo R ^a,b   Campos, José R M ^a   Jatene, Fabio B ^a   Moreira, Luiz F P ^a   Rebeis, Eduardo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Funnel chest; Thoracic surgery; Thoracic wall; Video assisted

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MALE; NUSS TECHNIQUE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349142950     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.184580     Document Type: Article

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