Primary repair of esophageal atresia in extremely low birth weight infants: A single-center experience and review of the literature

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-251

  Seitz, Guido ^a   Warmann, Steven W ^a   Schaefer, Juergen ^a   Poets, Christian F ^a   Fuchs, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophageal atresia, primary repair; Extremely low birth weight infants; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

RANITIDINE;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; LITERATURE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FISTULA;

EID: 33751189386     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094037     Document Type: Article

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