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Future of Esophageal Preservation and Replacement

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Patients with long gap EA, in which a primary repair is unable to be achieved without significant tension, encompasses a group of challenging patients in which there is no ideal management approach. Multiple operative strategies have been described for these patients. Many of these techniques require multiple procedures and may subject patients to prolonged operative times, sustained physiologic stress, and significant morbidity. Although esophageal replacement can be performed by a variety of methods if required, it is optimal to preserve the native esophagus if possible. There are a number of innovative techniques that have been described for esophageal lengthening in order to preserve the esophagus and create esophageal continuity in EA patients. These include new thoracoscopic approaches, the use of magnets, and lengthening devices.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Bethany J. Slater

  2. Professor of surgery and Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marshfield Children’s Hospital, Marshfield, WI, USA

    Ashwin Pimpalwar

  3. Professor of surgery and Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Ashwin Pimpalwar

  4. Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Ashwin Pimpalwar

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Slater, B.J., Pimpalwar, A. (2021). Future of Esophageal Preservation and Replacement. In: Pimpalwar, A. (eds) Esophageal Preservation and Replacement in Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77098-3_18

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