Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 11, Issue 5 , Pages 713-722 , October 1976

Esophageal atresia treated by electromagnetic bougienage and subsequent repair

  • W. Hardy Hendren

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprint requests: W. Hardy Hendren, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 02114.
    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
    • Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA
    • ,
  • J. Richard Hale

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA
    • Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA

References 

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  2. Howard R, Myers NA. Esophageal atresia: A technique for elongating the upper pouch. Surgery. 1965;58:725
  3. Woolley MM, Leix F, Johnston PW, et al.  Esophageal atresia types A and B: Upper pouch elongation and delayed anatomic reconstruction. J Pediatr Surg. 1969;4:148
  4. Rehbein F, Schweder N. Reconstruction of the esophagus without colon transplantation in cases of atresia. J Pediatr Surg. 1971;6:746
  5. Hendren WH, Hale JR. Electromagnetic bougienage to lengthen esophageal segments in congenital esophageal atresia. N Engl J Med. 1975;293:428
  6. Rehbein F: Personal communication.
  7. Okmian L, Booss D, Ekelund L. An endoscopic technique for Rehbein's silver olive method. Z Kinderchir. 1975;16:214
  8. Hendren WH, Hale JR. High pouch imperforate anus treated by electromagnetic bougienage and subsequent perineal repair. J Pediatr Surg. 1976;11:723; (this issue, next page)

☆ Presented before the 7th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Boca Raton, Fla., April 29–May 1, 1976.Supported in part by a contract (NSF-C670 TASK 4) with the National Science Foundation, RANN Program.

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 11, Issue 5 , Pages 713-722 , October 1976

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