Initial nonoperative management and delayed closure for treatment of giant omphaloceles

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1846-1849

  Lee, Steven L ^a   Beyer, Todd D ^a   Kim, Stephen S ^a   Waldhausen, John H T ^a   Healey, Patrick J ^a   Sawin, Robert S ^a   Ledbetter, Daniel J ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall defect; Giant omphalocele; Nonoperative management

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BANDAGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INFANT; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OMPHALOCELE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES; FASCIA; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750682001     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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