Short Esophagus
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Hiatal hernias in children: special reference to the short esophagus.
Esophageal hiatal hernias are relatively uncommon in children. Since 1950 we have seen 20 children with hiatal hernias at the Mayo Clinic. During the same period the diagnosis of esophageal hiatal hernia has been made in more than 17,000 adults, and the overwhelming majority of these adults were in the older age group. In this communication we shall review the cases and the roentgenographic fin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.6.633