Combination of Spit Fistula Advancement and External Traction for Primary Repair of Long-Gap Esophageal Atresia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1969-1971

  Till, Holger ^a   Rolle, Udo ^a   Siekmeyer, Werner ^a   Hirsch, Wolfgang ^a   Foker, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; FOKER TECHNIQUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; KIMURA TECHNIQUE; LONG GAP ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56049112372     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.056     Document Type: Article

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