Long-gap oesophageal atresia

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 462-465

  Spitz, L ^a,b   Kiely, E M ^a   Drake, D P ^a   Pierro, A ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long gap oesophageal atresia; Oesophageal replacement; Primary anastomosis; Tracheo oesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COLON INTERPOSITION; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; HUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029832525     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00180083     Document Type: Article

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