Survival of children following Nissen fundoplication

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 680-685

  Wockenforth, R ^a   Gillespie, C S ^a   Jaffray, B ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953707332     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7415     Document Type: Article

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