Salvaging the severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia patient: is a silo the solution?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 788-791

  Rana, Ankur R ^a   Khouri, Joseph S ^a   Teitelbaum, Daniel H ^a   Drongowski, Robert A ^a   Hirschl, Ronald B ^a   Mychaliska, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall silo; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; ECMO; Pulmonary compliance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; APGAR SCORE; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 43249086516     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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