Pearls and perils in the management of prolonged, peculiar, penetrating esophageal foreign bodies in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1429-1431

  Gilchrist, Brian F ^a,b   Valerie, Evans R ^a,b   Nguyen, Mihn ^a,b   Coren, Charles ^a,b   Klotz, Donald ^a,b   Ramenofsky, Max L ^a,b,c  

^a State Univ New York Hlth Sci C ^*

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal foreign body; Ingestion; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0030816370     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90554-6     Document Type: Article

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