Recovery after open versus laparoscopic pyloromyotomy for pyloric stenosis: a double-blind multicentre randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9661, 2009, Pages 390-398

  Hall, Nigel J ^a   Pacilli, Maurizio ^a   Eaton, Simon ^a   Reblock, Kim ^b   Gaines, Barbara A ^b   Pastor, Aimee ^c   Langer, Jacob C ^c   Koivusalo, Antti I ^d   Pakarinen, Mikko P ^d   Stroedter, Lutz ^e   Beyerlein, Stefan ^e   Haddad, Munther ^f   Clarke, Simon ^f   Ford, Henri ^g   Pierro, Agostino ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC PYLOROMYOTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NURSING STAFF; OPEN PYLOROMYOTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 58749086364     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60006-4     Document Type: Article

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