Tracheal diverticula after tracheoesophageal fistula repair: case series and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2107-2111

  Shah, Ashish R ^a   Lazar, Eric L ^a   Atlas, Arthur B ^a  

^a Goryeb Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Esophageal atresia; Gastroesophageal reflux; Tracheoesophageal fistula; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE STUDY; CHEST WALL OSCILLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOMALACIA; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; STOMACH CONTENT; SYNDROME VATER; TERM BIRTH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA TORSION; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEAL DIVERTICULA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOMALACIA; WHEEZING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVERTICULUM; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; TRACHEAL DISEASES; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 70450176273     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.04.036     Document Type: Article

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