Analysis of the costs of surgery for Hirschsprung's disease: One-stage laparoscopic pull-through versus two-stage Duhamel procedure

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 593-596

  Bufo, Anthony J ^a   Chen, Mike K ^a   Shah, Rasik ^a   Gross, Eitan ^a   Cyr, Nancy ^a   Lobe, Thom E ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032872315     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903801004     Document Type: Article

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