Revisiting the role of routine retropleural drainage after repair of esophageal atresia with distal tracheoesophageal fistula

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1082-1085

  Kay, Saundra ^a   Shaw, Ken ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0032766020     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(99)90571-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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