Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 51-52 , January 2003

New technique for fixation of Broviac catheters

Presented at the 49th Annual Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Cambridge, England, July 23-26, 2002.

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☆ Address reprint requests to Professor R. Fitzgerald, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin Rd, Dublin 12, Ireland.

PII: S0022-3468(02)63016-7

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50008

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 51-52 , January 2003

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