Surgical Repair of Pectus Excavatum and Carinatum

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-75

  Robicsek, Francis ^a   Watts, Larry T ^a   Fokin, Alexander A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

carinatum; pouter pigeon breast; surgery of pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PIGEON THORAX; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RIBS; STERNUM; SURGICAL MESH; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XIPHOID BONE;

EID: 67650729631     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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