Aortopexy in infants and children - Long-term follow-up in twenty patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2255-2259

  Abdel Rahman, Ulf ^a   Simon, Andreas ^a   Ahrens, Peter ^a   Heller, Klaus ^a   Moritz, Anton ^a   Fieguth, Hans Gerd ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TIDAL VOLUME; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOMALACIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35448936053     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9221-1     Document Type: Article

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