Long-term analysis of children with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula

Little, Danny C.; Rescorla, Frederick J.; Grosfeld, Jay L.; West, Karen W.; Scherer, L.R.; Engum, Scott A.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3468(03)00110-6

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“…Dysphagia and reflux are well reported in the short and long term after OA repair and we see a high reported incidence of food 'getting stuck', a surrogate patient reported outcome for dysphagia, in agreement with published literature [8] [16]. Previous studies have reported reflux symptoms in nearly 50% of under 5's with a decreasing frequency with age.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…The anthropometric data collected in this study is consistent with existing literature [16][17][18] suggesting that as children, patients with OA tend toward being underweight and to a less extent shorter than the normal population. Interestingly, we showed a significantly lower mean score for height in under 5s than older children.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Regular antibiotic usage has shown similar decreasing trend in the use of with 17% of 0-10 year olds reporting regularly needing antibiotics, falling to 9% (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17) and 5% (>18) in the older age groups respectively.…”

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confidence: 82%

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A patient led, international study of long term outcomes of esophageal atresia: EAT 1

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery

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confidence: 89%

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A patient led, international study of long term outcomes of esophageal atresia: EAT 1

Svoboda¹,

Fruithof²,

Widenmann-Grolig³

et al. 2018

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

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“…Bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy can confirm the diagnosis by demonstrating the fistula opening 11) . Computed tomography may be helpful in identifying the TEF 12) . Prompt surgery of TEF is the optimum treatment.…”

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A case of acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with congenital H-type tracheoesophageal fistula and gastroesophageal reflux

2008

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= Abstract = H-type tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is extremely rare in infants and children, and clinical manifestations of this condition are diverse based on its severity. Some cases of congenital TEF diagnosed in adulthood have been reported, which indicate the difficulty of early diagnosis of this disease. Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) may induce chronic aspiration, pulmonary aspiration, apparent life-threatening events, and failure to thrive. We report a 5-month-old boy whose recurrent pneumonia and wheezing did not improve under usual treatment and led to acute respiratory distress syndrome. He was found to have severe GER on the second-trial of the esophagogram and was eventually revealed to have congenital H-type TEF upon repeated evaluation. (Korean J Pediatr 2008;51:892-895)

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“…This technique of surgery has dramatically improved the survival of infants with this condition [1]. However, early [5,6] and late complications [7][8][9] affect the future life of this population. A probable step toward minimizing such complications is through modifying the technique of surgery.…”

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Evaluating Necessity of Azygos Vein Ligation in Primary Repair of Esophageal Atresia

2013

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Surgery has dramatically improved survival of infants with esophageal atresia. However, early and late complications of these surgeries affect the future life of this population. A probable step toward minimizing such complications is through modifying the technique of surgery. We evaluated two groups of esophageal atresia undergoing surgery with two different techniques including preservation and ligation of the Azygos vein and compared early complications, duration of surgery, and hospital and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay between them. A total number of 24 patients with mean age of 24 to 48 h, who were diagnosed with esophageal atresia, were included in the study. All cases were randomly allocated in two groups: group A (case group) in which patients underwent surgery with preservation of the Azygos vein and group B (control group) in which patients underwent the former surgical method with ligation of the Azygos vein. Incidence of early complications, duration of surgery, and NICU and hospital stay were compared between the two groups. None of the complications occurred in either group. Duration of surgery, NICU stay, and hospital stay were not statistically significant between the groups. Preserving the Azygos vein during esophageal atresia surgery is probably a good modification of the classic technique.

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Long-term analysis of children with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula

Cited by 176 publications

References 8 publications

A patient led, international study of long term outcomes of esophageal atresia: EAT 1

A patient led, international study of long term outcomes of esophageal atresia: EAT 1

A case of acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with congenital H-type tracheoesophageal fistula and gastroesophageal reflux

Evaluating Necessity of Azygos Vein Ligation in Primary Repair of Esophageal Atresia

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