Thoracoscopic division of vascular rings in infants and children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1357-1361

  Al Bassam, Abdulrahman ^a   Saquib Mallick, Mohammad ^a   Al Qahtani, Aayed ^a   Al Tokhais, Tariq ^a   Gado, Abdulmonem ^a   Al Boukai, Ahmed ^a   Thalag, Ahmed ^a   Alsaadi, Muslem ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Thoracoscopic repair; Vascular rings

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGAMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX SURGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RING;

CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; THORACOSCOPY; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 34547842114     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.03.032     Document Type: Article

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