The role of the surgeon in the case of a giant neck mass in the EXIT procedure

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 748-750

  Leva, Ernesto ^a   Pansini, Luigi ^a   Fava, Giorgio ^a   Maestri, Luciano ^a   Pansini, Andrea ^a   Selvaggio, Georgio ^a  

^a V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Cystic lymphangioma; Intrapartum treatment; Neonatal neck masses; Placental support; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MALE; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TERATOMA;

EID: 17044367813     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.01.035     Document Type: Article

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