Critical analysis of the operative treatment of Hirschsprung's disease

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 520-525

  Fortuna, Randall S ^a   Weber, Thomas R ^a,b   Tracy Jr , Thomas F ^a   Silen, Mark L ^a   Cradock, Thomas V ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardinal Glennon Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOLITIS; ENTEROSTOMY; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM FISTULA; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM SURGERY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029928818     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430170066013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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