Thoracoscopic repair of tracheoesophageal fistulas: a case-control matched study

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 805-809

  Al Tokhais, Tariq ^a   Zamakhshary, Mohammed ^b,c   Aldekhayel, Salah ^a   Mandora, Hala ^a   Sayed, Salahuddin ^d   AlHarbi, Khalid ^d   Alqahtani, Aayed R ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING FAHD ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Thoracoscopy; Tracheoesophageal fistulas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LUNG COLLAPSE; NERVE INJURY; NEWBORN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOSCOPY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249098831     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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