Thoracoscopy Versus Thoracotomy Improves Midterm Musculoskeletal Status and Cosmesis in Infants and Children

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 224-228

  Lawal, Taiwo A ^a   Gosemann, Jan H ^a   Kuebler, Joachim F ^a   Glüer, Sylvia ^a   Ure, Benno M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER GIRDLE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 57649219110     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.069     Document Type: Article

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