Aortopexy for persistent tracheal obstruction after double aortic arch repair

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1454-1457

  Fraga, Jose Carlos ^a,b   Calkoen, Emmeline E ^a   Gabra, Hany O S ^a   McLaren, Clare A ^a   Roebuck, Derek J ^a   Elliott, Martin J ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aortopexy; Double aortic arch; Tracheomalacia; Vascular compression; Vascular suspension

Indexed keywords

AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE AORTA ARCH REPAIR; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TRACHEOMALACIA;

AORTA, THORACIC; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 67649380516     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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