Pectus excavatum: evaluation of Nuss technique by objective methods
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Pectus excavatum: evaluation of Nuss technique by objective methods.
Pectus excavatum (PEX) is the most frequent congenital deformity of the anterior chest wall. Few studies have classified the degree of anatomical distortion in an objective manner. Our objective was to present two new clinical and original methods for evaluation of PEX deformity developed in our service (chest cyrtometry and anthropometric index) that are simple and easily applicable in the off...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1569-9293,1569-9285
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.184580