Refractory choanal atresia: What makes a child susceptible? the great ormond street hospital experience

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 813-820

  Elloy, Marianne D ^a,b   Cochrane, Lesley A ^a   Albert, David M ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choanal atresia; KTP laser; Mitomycin C; Stents; Surgical revision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOANA ATRESIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CHOANAL ATRESIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64349098253     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.OA0185     Document Type: Article

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