Traumatic injuries of the alimentary tract in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 104-107

  Akel, S R ^a   Haddad, F F ^a   Hashim, H A ^a   Soubra, M R ^a   Mounla, N ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Alimentary tract perforations; Children; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON INJURY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM INJURY; STOMACH LESION; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH;

EID: 0031915222     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050259     Document Type: Article

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