Treatment of Pectus Carinatum with a Compressive Brace
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Son, Jin-Sung
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
Jeon, Cheol-Woo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Lee, Seong-Jin (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Lee, Chol-Sae (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Lee, Kihl-Rho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Lee, Seock-Yeol (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) |
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