Prognosis of congenital tracheoesophageal fistula with esophageal atresia on the basis of gap length

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 767-771

  Upadhyaya, Vijay D ^a   Gangopadhyaya, A N ^a   Gupta, D K ^a   Sharma, S P ^a   Kumar, Vijayendra ^a   Pandey, Anand ^a   Upadhyaya, Ashish D ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Esophageal atresia; Gap length; Prognostic criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIGATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 34547133000     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1964-0     Document Type: Article

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