Comparative pulmonary functional recovery after Nuss and Ravitch procedures for pectus excavatum repair: a meta-analysis

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Zhenguang ^a   Amos, Ela B ^a,b   Luo, Honghe ^a   Su, Chunhua ^a   Zhong, Beilong ^a   Zou, Jianyong ^a   Lei, Yiyan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Pectus excavatum; Pulmonary function; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACOSCOPY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; THORACOSCOPY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84866721611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-101     Document Type: Article

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