Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 1161-1165 , August 1996

Complications of minimal-access surgery in children

  • Mike K. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Tennessee, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN USA.
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN USA.
    • ,
  • Kurt P. Schropp

      Affiliations

    • Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Tennessee, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN USA.
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN USA.
    • ,
  • Thom E Lobe

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Thom E Lobe, MD, Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Tennessee, 777 Washington Ave, Suite P-210, Memphis, TN 38105.
    • Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Tennessee, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN USA.
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN USA.

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☆ Presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, California, October 13–15, 1995.

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 1161-1165 , August 1996

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