Laparoscopic seromuscular colonic biopsies: A surgeon's experience

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 381-384

  King, Sebastian K ^a,b,c   Sutcliffe, Jonathan R ^a,b   Hutson, John M ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Colonic biopsies; Constipation; Laparoscopy; Neurotransmitter; Nitric oxide synthase; Slow transit constipation; Substance P; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLON BIOPSY; COLON SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; CONSTIPATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGMOID; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 13844271308     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.10.031     Document Type: Article

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