Review ArticleClinical Review

Current Management of Pectus Excavatum: A Review and Update of Therapy and Treatment Recommendations

Dawn Jaroszewski, David Notrica, Lisa McMahon, D. Eric Steidley and Claude Deschamps
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2010, 23 (2) 230-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.090234

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