Pectus excavatum: History, hypotheses and treatment options

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 801-806

  Brochhausen, Christoph ^a   Turial, Salmai ^a   Müller, Felix K P ^a   Schmitt, Volker H ^a   Coerdt, Wiltrud ^a   Wihlm, Jean Marie ^b   Schier, Felix ^a   Kirkpatrick, C James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Chest wall deformity; Development; Funnel chest; History; Hypotheses; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; TITANIUM;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ERLANGEN TECHNIQUE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC MINIMOVER PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUSS PROCEDURE; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIB; RISK FACTOR; STERNOCOSTAL JOINT; STERNUM; THORAX SURGERY;

FUNNEL CHEST; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863431185     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs045     Document Type: Review

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