Antegrade dilatation over a string for the management of anastomotic complications after a pull-through procedure

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-412

  Langer, Jacob C ^a   Winthrop, Andrea L ^b   Fitzgerald, Peter G ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLON DILATATION; COLOSTOMY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULL THROUGH OPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DILATATION; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0029784389     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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