Measurement of gap length in esophageal atresia: A simple predictor of outcome

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-45

  Brown, A K ^a   Tam, P K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030071314     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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