Transection of the innominate artery for tracheomalacia caused by persistent opisthotonus

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-57

  Tsugawa, Chikara ^a   Ono, Yasuyuki ^a   Nishijima, Eiji ^a   Takamizawa, Shigeru ^a   Satoh, Shiiki ^a   Muraji, Toshihiro ^a  

^a KOBE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Opisthotonus; Tracheomalacia; Transection of innominate artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OPISTHOTONUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEOMALACIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; MUSCLE SPASM; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRONCHOSCOPY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SPASM; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TRACHEOSTOMY; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 2942610482     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-003-1082-6     Document Type: Article

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