Brace Compression for Treatment of Pectus Carinatum
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Jung, Joonho
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine)
Chung, Sang Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) Cho, Jin Kyoung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) Park, Soo-Jin (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) Choi, Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) Lee, Sungsoo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) |
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