Spontaneous gastrointestinal perforation in very-low-birth-weight infants - A rare complication in a neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 165-167

  Resch, B ^a,b   Mayr, J ^a   Kuttnig Haim, M ^a   Reiterer, F ^a   Ritschl, E ^a   Muller W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN KINDER JUGENDHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Spontaneous gastrointestinal perforation; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MECONIUM ILEUS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031940314     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050277     Document Type: Article

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