Endoscopic dilatation for benign oesophageal strictures in infants and toddlers: Experience of an expectant protocol from North African tertiary centre

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-192

  Shehata, Sherif M K ^a   Enaba, Mohamed E ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Benign oesophageal stricture; oesophageal dilatation; Savary Gilliard dilators

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DILATATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871952352     PISSN: 01896725     EISSN: 09745998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.104717     Document Type: Article

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