Results from the French National Esophageal Atresia register: one-year outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the present national prospective population-based study was to assess the early morbidity of esophageal atresia (EA).

Methods

All 38 multidisciplinary French centers that care for patients with EA returned a specific questionnaire about the 1-year outcome for each patient. This information was centralized, checked, and entered into a database.

Results

From the total population of 307 EA patients born in 2008 and 2009, data about the 1-year outcome were obtained from 301 (98%) patients, of whom 4% were lost to follow-up and 5% died. Medical complications occurred in 34% of the patients: anastomotic leaks (8%), recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula (4%), and anastomotic stenosis (22%); all of the latter group needed dilation (median, 2 dilations/pati

SUBMITTER: Schneider A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4265341 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature