Complications of pediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction: Prevention strategies

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 108, Issue 11 I, 1999, Pages 1019-1026

  Ludemann, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Hughes, C Anthony ^a   Noah, Zehava ^a   Holinger, Lauren D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abscess; Bronchiolitis; Cricotracheal resection; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Laryngotracheal reconstruction; Pseudomonas; Respiratory syncytial virus; Subglottic stenosis; Trisomy 21; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LARYNGOPLASTY; LARYNX STENOSIS; LARYNX SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; TRACHEA RESECTION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISOMY 21; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032709762     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949910801101     Document Type: Article

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