Laser epiglottopexy for laryngomalacia: 10 Years' experience in the West of Scotland

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 978-982

  Whymark, Andrew D ^a   Clement, W Andrew ^a   Kubba, Haytham ^a   Geddes, Neil K ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOMALACIA; LASER EPIGLOTTOPEXY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STRIDOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LASER SURGERY; MALE;

EID: 33748849464     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.9.978     Document Type: Article

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