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Esophageal Atresia

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∼1 per 3,500 live-births M = F Isolated (∼50%) Associated anomalies (∼50%) These vary in severity and number but two nonrandom associations/syndromes are recognized with EA as a component.

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Notes

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    Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot (1850–1911) French physician described four key features of this cardiac malformation in 1888.

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    Phocomelia (Greek) “seal” + (Latin) “limb” - i.e., absent or shortened limbs, typically followed Thalidomide exposure.

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    Robert Replogle – Professor of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Chicago, IL.

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    Thom Lobe – American pediatric surgeon.

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    John Foker – American pediatric surgeon.

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    Waterston DJ, Bonham-Carter R, Aberdeen E. Oesophageal atresia: tracheo-esophageal fistula. A study of survival in 218 infants. Lancet 1962; (i) 7234: 819-822.

Further Reading

  1. Spitz L, Kiely E, Brereton RJ (1987) Esophageal atresia: five-year experience with 148 cases. J Pediatr Surg 22:103–108

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  2. Engum SA, Grosfeld JL, West KA et al (1995) Analysis of morbidity and mortality in 227 cases of esophageal atresia and/or tracheoesophageal fistula over two decades. Arch Surg 130:502–509

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  3. Spitz L, Kiely EM, Morecroft JA, Drake DP (1994) Oesophageal atresia: at-risk groups for the 1990s. J Pediatr Surg 29:723–725

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  4. Holcomb GW 3rd, Rothenberg SS, Bax KM et al (2005) Thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula: a multi-institutional analysis. Ann Surg 242:422–428

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  1. Paediatric Surgery Department, Kings College Hospital, London, UK

    Chandrasen K. Sinha

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  1. Paediatric Surgery Department, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

    Chandrasen K. Sinha

  2. Dept. Pediatric Surgery, Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom

    Mark Davenport

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Sinha, C.K., Spitz, L. (2010). Esophageal Atresia. In: Sinha, C., Davenport, M. (eds) Handbook of Pediatric Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-132-3_11

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