Endoscopic tracheal obstruction with an expanding device in a fetal lamb model: Preliminary considerations

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-71

  Luks, François I ^a   Gilchrist, Brian F ^a   Jackson, Benjamin T ^a   Piasecki, George J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Endoscopy; Fetal lamb; Pulmonary hypoplasia; Surgery; Tracheal obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TRACHEA PRESSURE;

EID: 0030065175     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264282     Document Type: Article

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