Esophageal atresia repair with thoracotomy: the Cincinnati contemporary experience

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-19

  Mortell, Alan E ^a   Azizkhan, Richard G ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Esophageal atresia; Long term outcome; Thoracotomy; Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 57649231824     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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