Anterior Approach Bilateral Musculomucosal Flaps Repair for Laryngotracheoesophageal Clefts

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1720-1722

  Obatake, Masayuki ^a,b   Tanaka, Tomoko ^a,b   Muraoka, Masashi ^a,b   Nagayasu, Takeshi ^a,b   Nakagoe, Tohru ^a,b  

^a Grad Sch of Biomedical Sciences ^*

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laryngotracheoesophageal cleft; Musculomucosal flap; Surgical repair

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOTRACHEAL ESOPHAGEAL CLEFT; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344738925     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.08.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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