The umbilical fold approach to pyloromyotomy: Is it a safe alternative to the right upper-quadrant approach?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 362-367

  Leinwand, Michael J ^a   Shaul, Donald B ^a   Anderson, Kathryn D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PYLORIC STENOSIS; PYLORUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0032884111     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00136-2     Document Type: Article

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