VACTERL anomalies in patients with esophageal atresia: An updated delineation of the spectrum and review of the literature

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Keckler, Scott J ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^a   Valusek, Patricia A ^a   Tsao, Kuojen ^a   Snyder, Charles L ^a   Holcomb III, George W ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal atresia; VACTERL

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; EXPERIENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB INJURY; LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE MALFORMATION; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL DEFECT; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TRACHEA; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 33947523679     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1891-0     Document Type: Review

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