Surgical Advances in the Fetus and Neonate. Esophageal Atresia

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 349-361

  Kunisaki, Shaun M ^a   Foker, John E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal atresia; Long gap; Thoracoscopic repair; Tracheoesophageal fistula

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; THORACOSCOPY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84862125527     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2012.04.007     Document Type: Review

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