Preoperative tracheobronchoscopy in newborns with esophageal atresia: does it matter?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1054-1057

  Atzori, Pietro ^a   Iacobelli, Barbara D ^a   Bottero, Sergio ^a   Spirydakis, Joannis ^a   Laviani, Raoul ^a   Trucchi, Alessandro ^a   Braguglia, Annabella ^a   Bagolan, Pietro ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Esophageal atresia; Tracheobronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BABY; BREATHING; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHUS; CANNULATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOGARTY CATHETER; HUMAN; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RESPIRATORY TRACT MALFORMATION; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

BRONCHOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEA;

EID: 33744930574     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.01.074     Document Type: Article

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