Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 685-689 , May 2004

Miniature access pectus excavatum repair: lessons we have learned

Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, September 18–21, 2003.

  • Garret S. Zallen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgical Services, The Woman and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Philip L. Glick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgical Services, The Woman and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Philip L. Glick, MD, The Woman and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, 219 Bryant St, Buffalo, NY 14222 USA

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PII: S0022-3468(04)00064-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.01.046

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 685-689 , May 2004

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