Purpose Esophageal atresia (EA) is a rare congenital malformation requisite of surgical
treatment. Survival rates have significantly increased in recent decades, but treated children …

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 …

Introduction Surgical treatment of esophageal atresia (EA) has markedly improved, allowing
the focus to shift from short-term complications and mortality to long-term complications and …

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 Children born with esophageal atresia (EA) have inherent abnormalities in
esophageal motility which may impact upon patient and family Quality of Life (QoL) …

The importance of multidisciplinary long-term follow-up for adults born with esophageal
atresia (EA) is increasingly recognized. Hence, a valid, condition-specific instrument to …

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 …

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

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 …

Background: This study reports the feasibility, validity, and reliability of the Turkish versions
of the Esophageal-Atresia-Quality-of-Life (EA-QOL) questionnaires, which were originally …