Hypothesis Long-term quality of life (QOL) in adults after correction of esophageal atresia
(EA) is comparable with that of healthy adults. Design Outcome study with a consecutive …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Long-term sequelae caused by associated anomalies or
respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders are common after the repair of esophageal atresia …

Introduction Esophageal atresia (EA) is one of the most frequent congenital malformations of
the gastrointestinal tract. The aim of the study was to assess surgical treatment results in the …

Aim Despite advances of outcomes of esophageal atresia (EA), knowledge on patients'
health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is sparse. Due to the heterogeneity of EA, larger …

Background/Purpose: A small proportion of infants born with oesophageal atresia in which
the gap between the 2 ends of the oesophagus is too great for an end-to-end anastomosis …

Abstract Background/Purpose The aims were to present the framework for the development
a condition-specific health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) questionnaire for children with …

The aim of this study was to evaluate oesophageal function after correction of oesophageal
atresia in adults, and to investigate the association between complaints, oesophageal …

Background The short-and long-term surgical results in patients with esophageal atresia
(EA) with or without tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) have been described in depth from a …

Patients born with esophageal atresia (EA) require advanced reconstructive surgery and risk
long-term digestive and respiratory morbidity. We describe the state of current literature on …

Background Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after esophageal atresia (EA) repair is
postulated to be good. However, little is known about the long-term results after repair of …