Evaluation of thoracic vertebrae rotation in patients with pectus excavatum
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Radiological evaluation of the eighth thoracic vertebra rotation in the pectus excavatum
Material and methods An analysis of pre-operational 82 CT in children with the pectus excavatum deformity was made. Patients were divided into two groups depending on the chest deformation ; the first one consisted of patients with symmetric pectus excavatum, there were 48 patients (9 girls, 39 boys), the mean age was 12,8 years (4-16), the average Haller index was 3,6 (2,2-7,1); in the second ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1017-995X
DOI: 10.1016/j.aott.2017.03.005