Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 12 , Pages 1815-1818 , December 2004

Laparoscopy-assisted surgery for prenatally diagnosed small bowel atresia: Simple, safe, and virtually scar free

Presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Seoul, Korea, May 16–20, 2004.

  • Atsuyuki Yamataka

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Urogenital Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint request to Atsuyuki Yamataka, MD, Department of General and Urogenital Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Koga

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Urogenital Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Akihiro Shimotakahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Urogenital Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Masahiko Urao

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Urogenital Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshihiro Yanai

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Urogenital Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Urogenital Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Geoffrey J. Lane

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Urogenital Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Takeshi Miyano

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Urogenital Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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PII: S0022-3468(04)00574-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.08.029

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 12 , Pages 1815-1818 , December 2004

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