Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1589-1592 , November 1999

Clinical results of the shallow core-out procedure in thyroglossal duct cyst operation

  • Minoru Horisawa

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Minoru Horisawa, MD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, 12–38, Miyukihonmachi Anjo, Aichi 446, Japan.
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anio, Japan
    • the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Noriji Niinomi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anio, Japan
    • the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Kazuo Nishimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anio, Japan
    • the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Kazuya Matsunaga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anio, Japan
    • the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Yukio Ogura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anio, Japan
    • the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Yoshio Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anio, Japan
    • the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Hisami Ando

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anio, Japan
    • the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.

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☆ Presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Beijing, China, May 9–14, 1999.

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1589-1592 , November 1999

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