Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2010 Dec;43(6):820-823.
Staged Repair of Esophageal Atresia with Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a Very Low-birth-weight Infant: A case report
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea. scsung21@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea.
- 3Department of Pediatric, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.
- 4Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea.
Abstract
- There are still some controversies in treatment strategy for the very low-birth-weight baby with esophageal atresia even though the result of primary repair has been improving. We report a successful end to end anastomosis with staged approach in one of twin weighing 1,270 g at birth.
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