Surgical therapy and histological abnormalities in functional isolated small bowel obstruction and idiopathic gastrointestinal perforation in the very low birth weight infant

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 350-355

  Miserez, Marc ^a   Barten, Suzanna ^a   Geboes, Karel ^a   Naulaers, Gunnar ^a   Devlieger, Hugo ^a   Penninckx, Freddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; ENTEROSTOMY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY;

ENTEROSTOMY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE;

EID: 0038305798     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6756-z     Document Type: Article

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