Dysphagia in adults operated on for esophageal atresia–use of a symptom score to evaluate correlated factors

V Gatzinsky, L Jönsson, C Johansson… - European Journal of …, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction: Dysphagia is not unusual following repair of esophageal atresia (EA). The lack
of a uniform definition has led to a variance when it comes to reporting the prevalence of …

Long-term health-related quality of life after complex and/or complicated esophageal atresia in adults and children registered in a German patient support group

C Dingemann, A Meyer, G Kircher, TM Boemers… - Journal of pediatric …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of life after esophageal replacement in children

G Gallo, EST van Serooskerken, S Tytgat… - Journal of pediatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Assessing quality of life (QoL) after esophageal replacement (ER) for long gap
esophageal atresia (LGEA). Methods All patients after ER for LGEA with gastric pull-up …

Long-term physical, psychological, and social functioning of children with esophageal atresia

NH Bouman, HM Koot, FWJ Hazebroek - Journal of pediatric surgery, 1999 - Elsevier
Background/Purpose: Little is known about the long-term psychosocial functioning of
children with esophageal atresia (EA). The physical, psychological, and social functioning of …

Clinical factors affecting condition-specific quality-of-life domains in pediatric patients after repair of esophageal atresia: the Swedish-German EA-QOL study

M Dellenmark-Blom, J Quitmann… - European Journal of …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction We aimed to identify clinical factors affecting condition-specific health related
quality of life (HRQOL) domains in children born with esophageal atresia (EA). This can …

Quality of life more than 20 years after repair of esophageal atresia

BM Ure, E Slany, EP Eypasch, K Weiler, H Troidl… - Journal of pediatric …, 1998 - Elsevier
Purpose: To examine the quality of life after repair of esophageal atresia, follow-up studies
were performed in 58 of 71 surviving patients (81.7%). Methods: Fifty patients with primary …

Health‐related quality of life and its determinants in children and adolescents born with oesophageal atresia

MG Peetsold, HA Heij, JA Deurloo, R Gemke - Acta Paediatrica, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: Following surgical correction in the neonatal period, patients born with oesophageal
atresia have significant co‐morbidity, particularly in childhood. This study evaluates health …

A patient led, international study of long term outcomes of esophageal atresia: EAT 1

E Svoboda, JA Fruithof, A Widenmann-Grolig… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Long term outcomes of esophageal atresia (OA) are poorly understood. The
Federation of Esophageal Atresia and Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula support groups (EAT), a …

Transition of patients with esophageal atresia to adult care: results of a transition-specific education program

J Dingemann, R Szczepanski, G Ernst… - European Journal of …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Aim of the Study A history of esophageal atresia (EA) may result in chronic morbidity. The
transition of patients from pediatric to adult care has been recognized as an important factor …

Repaired oesophageal atresia: respiratory morbidity and pulmonary function in adults

S Sistonen, P Malmberg, K Malmström… - European …, 2010 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Although after oesophageal atresia (OA) repair in infancy, respiratory problems are
common, their natural history remains unclear. We assessed morbidity, pulmonary function …