Improved survival in children with esophageal perforation

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 604-611

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYANOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0029934410     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430180030005     Document Type: Article

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