Surgical management of gastroschisis in North Queensland from 1988 to 2007

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 40-44

  Kandasamy, Yoga ^a   Whitehall, John ^a   Gill, Arpinder ^a   Stalewski, H ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gastroschisis; Indigenous; Outcome; Primary and secondary repair

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BANDAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD; WOUND CLOSURE;

FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249090563     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01615.x     Document Type: Review

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