Congenital cardiovascular defects in children with intestinal malrotation

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-263

  Kouwenberg, M ^a   Severijnen, R S V M ^a   Kapusta, L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital cardiovascular defect; Intestinal malrotation; Post operative morbidity; Post operative mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE MALROTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 43149094865     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-2086-4     Document Type: Review

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