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 …

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 …

From the ground up: esophageal atresia types, disease severity stratification and survival rates at a single institution

DM Evanovich, JT Wang, B Zendejas… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There is a gap in our knowledge regarding the impact of perioperative critical care in infants
born with esophageal atresia (EA). This study addresses EA types, disease severity …

Health-related quality of life in patients after repair of esophageal atresia: a review of current literature

M Dellenmark-Blom, J Quitmann… - European Journal of …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Esophageal tissue engineering: a new approach for esophageal replacement

G Totonelli, P Maghsoudlou, JM Fishman… - World journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A number of congenital and acquired disorders require esophageal tissue replacement.
Various surgical techniques, such as gastric and colonic interposition, are standards of …

Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with concurrent cisplatin/5-fluorouracil is associated with increased pathologic complete response and improved survival compared …

KR Haisley, KD Hart, N Nabavizadeh… - Diseases of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Trimodal therapy consisting of neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by esophagectomy has
become the standard of care in North America for locally advanced esophageal cancer …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Development and pilot-testing of a condition-specific instrument to assess the quality-of-life in children and adolescents born with esophageal atresia

M Dellenmark-Blom, K Abrahamsson, JH Quitmann… - Dis …, 2017 - academia.edu
The survival rate of children with esophageal atresia has today reached 95%. However,
children are at risk of chronic morbidity related to esophageal and respiratory dysfunction …

Jejunal pedicle grafts for reconstruction of the esophagus in children

NMA Bax, DC van der Zee - Journal of pediatric surgery, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Reconstruction of the esophagus in children remains a challenge. Although
jejunal grafts retain peristaltic activity, large series with long-term follow up are rare. We like …

Health-related quality of life among children, young people and adults with esophageal atresia: a review of the literature and recommendations for future research

M Dellenmark-Blom, JE Chaplin, V Gatzinsky… - Quality of Life …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Esophageal atresia (EA) is a rare congenital malformation requisite of surgical
treatment. Survival rates have significantly increased in recent decades, but treated children …