Oesophageal atresia: at-risk groups for the 1990s

L Spitz, EM Kiely, JA Morecroft, DP Drake - Journal of pediatric surgery, 1994 - Elsevier
The authors analyzed the outcome for 357 infants with oesophageal atresia and 15 with H-
type tracheooesphageal fistula treated from 1980 through 1992. Survival according to …

Analysis of morbidity and mortality in 227 cases of esophageal atresia and/or tracheoesophageal fistula over two decades

SA Engum, JL Grosfeld, KW West, FJ Rescorla… - Archives of …, 1995 - jamanetwork.com
Objective: This report analyzes the morbidity and mortality in 227 infants (127 boys and 100
girls) with variants of esophageal atresia and/or tracheoesophageal fistula who were treated …

Management of esophageal atresia

L Spitz, E Kiely, RJ Brereton… - World journal of surgery, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 303 infants with esophageal atresia and/or tracheoesophageal fistula were treated
over 10 years (1980–1989). The overall survival rate was 86.5%. Associated anomalies …

Stages of normal tracheo‐bronchial development in rat embryos: resolution of a controversy

BQ Qi, SW Beasley - Development, growth & differentiation, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The embryonic events surrounding tracheo‐esophageal separation remain controversial.
The present study was undertaken to clarify early tracheo‐bronchial development in the rat …

Gastric perforation in infants with oesophageal atresia and distal tracheo-oesophageal fistula

K Maoate, NA Myers, SW Beasley - Pediatric surgery international, 1999 - Springer
Gastric perforation (GP) is a well-recognised complication of oesophageal atresia (OA) with
distal tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF), and is usually associated with extreme prematurity …

A more than 25-year experience with end-to-end versus end-to-side repair for esophageal atresia

D Poenaru, JM Laberge, IR Neilson, LT Nguyen… - Journal of pediatric …, 1991 - Elsevier
End-to-end anastomosis has become the standard technique for repair of esophageal
atresia with distal tracheoesophageal fistula. End-to-side anastomosis with ligation of the …

Combined flexible endoscopy and fluoroscopy in the assessment of the gap between the two esophageal pouches in esophageal atresia without fistula

KL Chan, H Saing - Journal of pediatric surgery, 1995 - Elsevier
The authors have used the technique of combined retrograde flexible endoscopy and
fluoroscopy on two newborn babies with esophageal atresia (EA) without …

Management of the premature infant with esophageal atresia and hyaline membrane disease

SW Beasley, NA Myers, AW Auldist - Journal of pediatric surgery, 1992 - Elsevier
Prematurity of 34 weeks' gestation or less occurs in 12% of infants born with esophageal
atresia and distal tracheoesophageal fistula, and is likely to result in moderate or severe …

Trends in mortality

SW Beasley, NA Myers - Oesophageal atresia, 1991 - Springer
Until 1939, oesophageal atresia was considered a uniformly fatal condition. Nowadays, all
patients with oesophageal atresia are expected to survive almost irrespective of their …

A novel approach in managing challenging tracheoesophageal fistulae

ME Quick, N Giblett, TC Uwiera, H Herbert… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To analyze the outcomes of an open anterior cervical approach and tospecifically
describe a novel extended tracheotomy incision (“Key-hole technique”) torepair H-type and …