Details

Title

Inguinal hernia management in preterm infants: addressing current issues of interest

Journal title

Folia Medica Cracoviensia

Yearbook

2020

Volume

Vol. 60

Issue

No 4

Affiliation

Patoulias, Ioannis : First Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital “G Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece ; Gkalonaki, Ioanna : First Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital “G Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece ; Patoulias, Dimitrios : First Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital “Hippokration”, Thessaloniki, Greece

Authors

Keywords

preterm infant ; inguinal hernia ; postoperative apnea ; operative complications

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Medyczne

Coverage

41-52

Publisher

Oddział PAN w Krakowie; Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum

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Date

2021.04.08

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/fmc.2020.136203

Source

Folia Medica Cracoviensia; 2020; Vol. 60; No 4; 41-52
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