Comparing cost and complications of primary and staged surgical repair of neonatally diagnosed Hirschsprung's disease

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2220-2225

  Shinall Jr , Myrick C ^a   Koehler, Elizabeth ^a   Shyr, Yu ^a   Lovvorn III, Harold N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Endorectal pull through; Hirschsprung's disease; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND INFECTION;

COLOSTOMY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE;

EID: 56449113243     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.08.048     Document Type: Article

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