Favorable Outcome of Electively Delayed Elongation Procedure in Long-Gap Esophageal Atresia.

ABSTRACT: The ideal approach to long gap esophageal atresia is still controversial. On one hand, preserving a patient's native esophagus may require several steps and can be fraught with complications. On the other hand, most replacement procedures are irreversible and disrupt gastrointestinal physiology. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short- and medium-term outcome of electively delayed esophageal elongation procedures before esophageal reconstruction in patients with long-gap esophageal atresia. Since the neonatal esophagus grows over-proportionally and can increase its wall thickness in the first few months of life, we hypothesized that postponing the elongation steps until 3 months of age would lead to a lower complication rate. We thus retrospectively recorded complications such

SUBMITTER: Oliver DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8290357 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature