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The series merged, 20 years of Nuss operations in children 1987–2006 |
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| Reference number |
Patients operated |
Type of study |
Number of centres |
Comment |
|
|
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| 1 |
329 |
Retrospective |
One |
Series update on ref. 24 |
| 3 |
21 |
Comparative |
One |
|
| 4 |
52 |
Retrospective |
One |
|
| 5 |
335 |
Retrospective |
One |
Encompasses ref. 19 |
| 6 |
53 |
Retrospective |
One |
|
| 10 |
22 |
Retrospective |
One |
|
| 11 |
40 |
Retrospective |
Not reported |
|
| 12 |
172 |
Retrospective |
Eight |
|
| 13 |
31 |
Retrospective |
One |
|
| 15 |
20 |
Retrospective |
One |
Modified technique |
| 16 |
36 |
Comparative |
One |
|
| 23 |
27 |
Retrospective |
One |
Subgroup of all-age cohort |
| 8* |
107 |
Comparative |
One |
Similar data to ref. 9 |
| 9* |
107 |
Retrospective |
Not reported |
Similar data to ref. 8 |
| 14 |
80 |
Comparative |
One |
|
| 17** |
35 |
Comparative |
One |
Same centre as ref. 18 |
| 18** |
21 |
Retrospective |
One |
Same centre as ref. 17 |
| 22 |
461 |
Retrospective |
One |
|
|
|
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| Total |
1949 |
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