Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 252-258 , February 2000

Outcome analysis of minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum: Review of 251 cases

Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Rancho Mirage, California, May 16-19, 1999.

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☆ Address reprint requests to André Hebra, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Surgery, 171 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC 29425.

PII: S0022-3468(00)90019-8

doi: 10.1016/S0022-3468(00)90019-8

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 252-258 , February 2000

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