The vacuum bell for conservative treatment of pectus excavatum: The Basle experience

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 623-627

  Haecker, Frank Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Pectus excavatum; Vacuum bell

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAVITCH PROCEDURE; RIB; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STERNUM; SUBCUTANEOUS HEMATOMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT DURATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VACUUM BELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUCTION; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959921763     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2843-7     Document Type: Article

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