Does reduced hospital stay affect morbidity and mortality rates following cleft lip and palate repair in infancy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 911-915

  Eaton, Adam C ^a   Marsh, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Pilgram, Thomas K ^a  

^a St Louis Childrens Hospital One ChildrensPlace ^*  (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; FISTULA; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALATOPLASTY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MISSOURI; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027938215     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199412000-00001     Document Type: Article

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