When patients choose: comparison of Nuss, Ravitch, and Leonard procedures for primary repair of pectus excavatum

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1113-1119

  Antonoff, Mara B ^a   Erickson, Alexandra E ^a   Hess, Donavon J ^a   Acton, Robert D ^a   Saltzman, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall deformity; Leonard; Nuss; Pectus excavatum; Ravitch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LEONARD PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPRAXIS; NUSS PROCEDURE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RAVITCH PROCEDURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66649100773     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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