Clinical outcomes of esophageal atresia:Comparison between the Waterston and the Spitz Classifications

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 297-300

  Niramis, Rangsan ^a,b   Tangkhabuanbut, Pitiporn ^a,b   Anuntkosol, Maitree ^a,b   Buranakitjaroen, Veera ^a,b   Tongsin, Achariya ^a,b   Mahatharadol, Varaporn ^a,b  

^a QUEEN SIRIKIT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Classification; Prognostic predictor; Risk factor; Tracheoesophageal fi stula

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPITZ CLASSIFICATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; WATERSTON CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 84879615547     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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