Balloon dilatation in children for oesophageal strictures other than those due to primary repair of oesophageal atresia, interposition or restrictive fundoplication

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 682-687

  Fasulakis, Stephen ^a   Andronikou, Savvas ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; Obstruction occlusion; Oesophagus; Stricture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS BURN; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141841709     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-1011-9     Document Type: Article

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