A gasless abdomen does not exclude distal tracheoesophageal fistula: the value of a repeat x-ray

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 576-577

  Gedicke, Malenka M ^a   Gopal, Milan ^a   Spicer, Richard ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophageal atresia; Gasless abdomen; Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; GASLESS ABDOMEN; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 33847304899     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.10.052     Document Type: Article

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