The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1436-1437 , December 2009

Extrapleural Nuss procedure for chest wall deformity complicating thoracotomy and pulmonary resection

  • Pei-Ming Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mong-Wei Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Chie Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Yung-Chie Lee, MD, PhD, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan S Rd, Taipei 100, Taiwan.

Received 18 July 2008 ,Revised 4 September 2008 ,Accepted 14 September 2008.

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PII: S0022-5223(08)01639-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.09.047

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 6 , Pages 1436-1437 , December 2009

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