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Funnel Chest: Results and Description of an Improved Operative Technique
Author(s) -
Howard Russell
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb131414.x
Subject(s) - funnel chest , funnel , funnel plot , medicine , computer science , surgery , engineering , mechanical engineering , publication bias , confidence interval
An improved operative technique for funnel chest is described in detail. The results of operation with this procedure on 229 cases over the past 10 years are compared with those obtained, using an earlier technique, on 319 cases over the preceding 16 years.