High incidence of postoperative bowel obstruction in newborns and infants

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 962-965

  Young, Janet Y ^a   Kim, Daniel S ^a   Muratore, Christopher S ^a   Kurkchubasche, Arlet G ^a   Tracy Jr , Thomas F ^a   Luks, Francois I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Intestinal obstruction; Newborns; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249819687     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.01.030     Document Type: Article

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