Preoperative Assessment of Chest Wall Deformities

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Colombani, Paul M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chest wall anomalies; pectus carinatum; pectus excavatum; Poland anomaly; preoperative evaluations

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGEON THORAX; POLAND SYNDROME; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX DEFORMITY;

FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650725705     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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