Laparoscopic Suture Rectopexy for Rectal Prolapse in a 22-Month-Old Child

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-34

  Saxena, Amulya K ^a,b   Metzelder, Martin L ^a   Willital, Gunter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child; Laparoscopy; Rectal prolapse; Rectopexy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOPEXY; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TROCAR;

EID: 1442305871     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200402000-00009     Document Type: Article

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