Low prevalence of complications of delayed herniotomy in the extremely premature infant

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-98

  Gonzalez Santacruz M ^a   Mira Navarro, J ^a   Encinas Goenechea, A ^a   Garcia Ceballos A ^a   Sanchez Zaplana H ^a   Jimenez Cobo B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Herniotomy; Incarceration; Inguinal hernia; Premature; Timing of surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS ATROPHY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9144230588     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310006629     Document Type: Article

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