Oesophageal atresia: A simplified approach to early management

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 87-89

  Patel, S B ^a   Ade Ajayi, N ^a   Kiely, E M ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding; Management; Oesophageal atresia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEST TUBES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 0036523526     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830100654     Document Type: Article

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