Patient selection for primary laryngotracheal separation as treatment of chronic aspiration in the impaired child

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-113

  Cook, Steven P ^a   Lawless, Stephen T ^a   Kettrick, Robert ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration; laryngotracheal separation; neurological impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEA; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNX; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRACHEA; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 0030596193     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(96)01422-X     Document Type: Article

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