Surgical versus Vacuum Bell Therapy for the Correction of Pectus Excavatum: A Comparison of 1-Year Treatment Outcomes |
Jung, Younggi
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital)
Yi, Eunjue (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital) Lee, Kwanghyoung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital) Chung, Jae Ho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital) Cho, Seonghyun (Korea University School of Medicine) Lee, Sungho (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital) |
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