A Modified Technique for Pectus Carinatum Surgery: Partial Costal Cartilage Resection and Pre-sternal Compression with Using a Stainless Steel Bar
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Lee, Seock-Yeol
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chunan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine)
Oh, Jae-Yun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chunan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Lee, Seung-Jin (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chunan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) Lee, Chol-Sae (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chunan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) |
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