Analysis of Morbidity and Mortality in 227 Cases of Esophageal Atresia and/or Tracheoesophageal Fistula Over Two Decades

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 502-508

  Engum, Scott A ^a   Grosfeld, Jay L ^a   West, Karen W ^a   Rescorla, Frederick J ^a   Scherer, L R Tres ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOMALACIA; TRISOMY 18;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0029044385     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1995.01430050052008     Document Type: Article

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