Fundoplication in children: Experience with 106 cases

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 753-756

  Spillane, A J ^a,b   Currie, B ^a   Shi, E ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Fundoplication; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Neurologically impaired

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PYLOROPLASTY; REOPERATION; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029956666     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb00737.x     Document Type: Article

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