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Correspondence on Should the Ravitch Procedure to Correct Pectus Excavatum Be Avoided in Young Children?

  • Tedde, Miguel Lia (Thoracic Surgery Department, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo) ;
  • de Beer, Sjoerd A. (Pediatric Surgical Center Amsterdam (Kinderchirurgisch Centrum Amsterdam, KCCA)) ;
  • Park, Hyung Joo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2022.04.12
  • Accepted : 2022.05.18
  • Published : 2022.06.05

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