Esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula in very low-birth-weight neonates: improved outcomes with staged repair

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2278-2281

  Petrosyan, Mikael ^a   Estrada, Joaquin ^a   Hunter, Catherine ^a   Woo, Russell ^a   Stein, James ^a   Ford, Henri R ^a   Anselmo, Dean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal atresia; Premature infants; Staged repair; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; LIGATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71649100530     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.07.047     Document Type: Article

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