Esophageal atresia with or without tracheoesophageal fistula: Success and failure in 94 cases

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-119

  Al Salem, Ahmed H ^a,b   Tayeb, Maaen ^a   Khogair, Suzi ^a   Roy, Anita ^a   Al Jishi, Nuhad ^a   Alsenan, Kefah ^a   Shaban, Hussain ^a   Ahmad, Muzaffar ^a  

^a Maternity and Children Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGOSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NURSING SHORTAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STOMACH TRANSPOSITION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646816765     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2006.116     Document Type: Article

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