Laparoscopic ladd's procedure: Treatment of choice for midgut malrotation in infants and children

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-372

  Stanfill, Amy B ^a   Pearl, Richard H ^a   Kalvakuri, Kavitha ^a   Wallace, Lizabeth J ^a   Vegunta, Ravindra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE MALROTATION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC LADD PROCEDURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDGUT; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952530559     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2009.0118     Document Type: Article

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