Secondary Anastomosis after Preoperative Botulinum Type A Toxin Injection in a Case with Long Gap Oesophageal Atresia

Mark Ellebæk; Niels Qvist; Lars Rasmussen

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1323160

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Table of Contents

Eur J Pediatr Surg 2013; 23(04): 325-326
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1323160

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Secondary Anastomosis after Preoperative Botulinum Type A Toxin Injection in a Case with Long Gap Oesophageal Atresia

Mark Ellebæk

¹Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

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Niels Qvist

¹Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

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Lars Rasmussen

¹Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

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