Ten year experience of bioabsorbable mesh support in pectus excavatums repair

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 733-740

  Luzzi, Luca ^a   Voltolini, L ^a   Zacharias, J ^b   Campione, A ^a   Ghiribelli, C ^a   Di Bisceglie, M ^a   Gotti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Quality of life; Remodeling; Sternum

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOSORPTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8644248380     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.05.019     Document Type: Article

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