Variations of the soft tissue thicknesses external to the ribs in Pectus Excavatum patients

BACKGROUND: Surgical repair of pectus excavatum (PE) has become more popular due to improvements in the minimally invasive Nuss procedure. The pre-surgical assessment of PE patients requires Computerized Tomography (CT), as the malformation characteristics vary from patient to patient. OBJECTIVE: Th...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, PL (author)
Other Authors: Direito-Santos, B (author), Moreira, AH (author), Fonseca, JC (author), Pinho, AC (author), Rodrigues, NF (author), Henriques-Coelho, T (author), Correia-Pinto, J (author), Vilaça, JL (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/521
Country:Portugal
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