Staged Repair of Esophageal Atresia with Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a Very Low-birth-weight Infant: A case report.
- Author:
Si Chan SUNG
1
;
Hyungtae KIM
;
Yong Joon RA
;
Shin Yun BYUN
;
Kyung Ah KWON
;
Yong Hoon JO
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Korea. scsung21@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Esophageal anomaly;
Esophageal atresia;
Tracheoesophageal fistula;
Esophageal surgery
- MeSH:
Esophageal Atresia;
Humans;
Parturition;
Tracheoesophageal Fistula;
Twins
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2010;43(6):820-823
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
