General practitioners assessment highlights excellent patient satisfaction following bar removal after Nuss procedure in children and adolescents

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-227

  Hennig, Mandy ^a   Kuebler, Joachimf ^a   Petersen, Claus ^a   Metzelder, Martin L ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment of satisfaction; General practitioner; Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum; Single step questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUSS PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FUNNEL CHEST; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863762189     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: 1439359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1308703     Document Type: Article

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