Minimally invasive nuss technique allows for repair of recurrent pectus excavatum following the ravitch procedure: Report of 12 cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1156-1160

  Wang, Lei ^a   Zhong, Hong ^a   Zhang, Fu Xian ^a   Mei, Ju ^a   Li, Guo Qing ^a   Xiao, Hai Bo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Pectus excavatum; Recurrence; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUSS PROCEDURE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RAVITCH PROCEDURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052406515     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-010-4424-8     Document Type: Article

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