Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 194-200 , August 2008

Dynamic compression system for the correction of pectus carinatum

  • Marcelo Martinez-Ferro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Fundacion Hospitalaria’s Private Children’s Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Marcelo Martinez-Ferro, MD, Cramer 4601 (1429), Oficina de Cirugia, 3er piso, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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  • Carlos Fraire, MD

      Affiliations

    • J.P. Garrahan National Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • ,
  • Silvia Bernard, MD

      Affiliations

    • J.P. Garrahan National Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.03.008

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 194-200 , August 2008

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