Increase in intrathoracic volume in pectus excavatum patients after the Nuss procedure

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-137

  Chang, Pei Yeh ^a   Hsu, Zhen Yu ^b   Lai, Jin Yao ^a   Wang, Chao Jan ^a   Ching, Yu Tai ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Intrathoracic volume; Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; INTRATHORACIC; PULMONARY FUNCTION; TIME-DIFFERENCES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STERNUM; THORAX;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STERNUM; THORAX;

EID: 77649237733     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0570-9     Document Type: Article

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