Multistaged extrathoracic esophageal elongation procedure for long gap esophageal atresia: Experience with 12 patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1725-1727

  Kimura, Ken ^a   Nishijima, Eiji ^a   Tsugawa, Chikara ^a   Collins, David L ^a   Lazar, Eric L ^a   Stylianos, Steven ^a   Sandler, Anthony ^a   Soper, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal atresia; Esophageal elongation; Esophageal end to end anastomosis; Extrathoracic multistaged elongation; Long gap

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSTOMY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0034765623     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.27976     Document Type: Article

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