Anesthesia and Analgesia for Pectus Excavatum Surgery

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 175-184

  Mavi, Jagroop ^a   Moore, David L ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall deformities; Haller index; Multimodal analgesics; Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum; Thoracic epidural

Indexed keywords

CHEST WALL DEFORMITIES; HALLER INDEX; MULTIMODAL ANALGESICS; NUSS PROCEDURE; PECTUS EXCAVATUM; THORACIC EPIDURAL;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 84895071579     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2013.10.006     Document Type: Review

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