Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 9 , Pages e9-e13 , September 2009

Minimal access surgical management of large juvenile polyps in children

  • James Wiseman
    • ,
  • Sherif Emil

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Pediatric General Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3H 1P3. Tel.: +1 514 412 4497; fax: +1 514 412 4289.

Received 27 April 2009 ,Revised 26 May 2009 ,Accepted 1 June 2009.

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☆ Poster presentation at the 42 annual meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Hong Kong, May 10-14, 2009.

PII: S0022-3468(09)00456-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.06.001

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 9 , Pages e9-e13 , September 2009

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