One hundred patients with recurrent pectus excavatum repaired via the minimally invasive Nuss technique - Effective in most regardless of initial operative approach

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1177-1181

  Redlinger Jr , Richard E ^a   Kelly Jr , Robert E ^a,b   Nuss, Donald ^a,b   Kuhn, M Ann ^a,b   Obermeyer, Robert J ^a,b   Goretsky, Michael J ^a,b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Nuss repair; Pectus excavatum; Ravitch repair; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LEONARD PROCEDURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUSS TECHNIQUE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAVITCH PROCEDURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK EXPERIENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959309640     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.03.048     Document Type: Article

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