The search for stability: bar displacement in three series of pectus excavatum patients treated with the Nuss technique

The search for stability: bar displacement in three series of pectus excavatum patients treated with the Nuss technique

OBJECTIVES: To compare bar displacement and complication rates in three retrospective series of patients operated on by the same surgical team. METHOD: A retrospective medical chart analysis of the three patient series was performed. In the first series, the original, unmodified Nuss technique was p...

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Main Authors: Miguel Lia Tedde, Jose Ribas Milanez de Campos, João-Carlos Das-Neves-Pereira, Fernando Conrado Abrao, Fábio Biscegli Jatene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Pectus excavatum
Nuss technique
Pectus bar
Bar displacement
Bar instability
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