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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2025

Pectus excavatum revision surgery: a complex challenge requiring centralization of expertise.

Nicky Janssen, Elise J van Polen, Jean H T Daemen, Aimée J P M Franssen, Karel W E Hulsewé, Yvonne L J Vissers, Hans G Van Veer, Frank V de Paoli, Erik R de Loos

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Nicky JanssenDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9535-7824
Elise J van PolenDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9458-4014
Jean H T DaemenDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4878-3951
Aimée J P M FranssenDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6399-1663
Karel W E HulsewéDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8131-1895
Yvonne L J VissersDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2890-8390
Hans G Van VeerDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1153-8298
Frank V de PaoliDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2174-2295
Erik R de LoosDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6313-2658

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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complicationsPectus excavatumrevision surgery

Identifiers

PMID40223975
PMCPMC11986790

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