Contemporary postnatal surgical management strategies for congenital abdominal wall defects

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-235

  Marven, Sean ^a   Owen, Anthony ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall defect; Exomphalos; Gastroschisis; Silo

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; GASTROSCHISIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UMBILICAL HERNIA; VISCERA;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; GASTROSCHISIS; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISCERA;

EID: 53049104039     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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