Correction of asymmetric pectus excavatum using a virtually designed silicone implant

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 146-150

  Wallmichrath, Jens ^a   Baumeister, Ruediger G ^b   Giunta, Riccardo E ^a   Holzbach, Thomas ^a   Frick, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Surgical Clinic Munich Bogenhausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast asymmetry; Breast hypoplasia; Chest wall implant; Computer aided design; Funnel chest; Thoracic wall deformity

Indexed keywords

SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BREAST IMPLANT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SILICONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894674370     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-013-0244-8     Document Type: Article

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