Increasing tendency in caustic esophageal burns and long-term polytetraflourethylene stenting in severe cases: 10 years experience

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 636-640

  Atabek, Cuneyt ^a   Surer, Ilhami ^a   Demirbag, Suzi ^a   Caliskan, Bahadir ^a   Ozturk, Haluk ^a   Cetinkursun, Salih ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corrosive esophagitis; Esophageal stent; Esophagus; Polytetraflourethylene

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKALI; BARIUM; CAUSTIC AGENT; POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS BURN; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROSTOMY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS STENOSIS; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; STENTS;

EID: 34247092910     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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