Postoperative morbidity and health-related quality of life in children with delayed reconstruction of esophageal atresia: a nationwide Swedish study

M Dellenmark-Blom, S Örnö Ax, E Öst… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background In 10–15% of children with esophageal atresia (EA) delayed
reconstruction of esophageal atresia (DREA) is necessary due to long-gap EA and/or …

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
Esophageal atresia (EA), although a rare congenital anomaly, represents one of the most
common gastrointestinal birth defects. There is a gap in our knowledge regarding the impact …

Long-gap esophageal atresia is a unique entity within the esophageal atresia defect spectrum

S Bairdain, D Zurakowski, SO Vargas, N Stenquist… - Neonatology, 2017 - karger.com
Background: Long-gap esophageal atresia (LGEA) may have clinical and syndromic
presentations different from those of esophageal atresia (EA) that affects shorter segments of …

Prevalence of mental health problems, associated factors, and health-related quality of life in children with long-gap esophageal atresia in Sweden

M Dellenmark-Blom, SÖ Ax, HE Lilja, C Reilly… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Children with long-gap esophageal atresia (LGEA) face a high risk of digestive
and respiratory morbidity, but their mental health outcomes have not been investigated. We …

Neurologic injury and brain growth in the setting of long-gap esophageal atresia perioperative critical care: a pilot study

SS Rudisill, JT Wang, C Jaimes, CRL Mongerson… - Brain sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
We previously showed that infants born with long-gap esophageal atresia (LGEA)
demonstrate clinically significant brain MRI findings following repair with the Foker process …

Infant corpus callosum size after surgery and critical care for long-gap esophageal atresia: qualitative and quantitative MRI

CRL Mongerson, C Jaimes, D Zurakowski… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Previous studies in preterm infants report white matter abnormalities of the corpus callosum
(CC) as an important predictor of neurodevelopmental outcomes. Our cross-sectional study …

Schooling experiences in children with long-gap esophageal atresia compared with children with esophageal atresia and primary anastomosis: a Swedish study

M Dellenmark-Blom, C Reilly, E Öst, S Örnö Ax… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Children with long-gap esophageal atresia (LGEA) risk living with aerodigestive
morbidity and mental health difficulties. No previous study has investigated their …

Experiences of schooling in children with long-gap esophageal atresia in Sweden

M Dellenmark-Blom, C Reilly, E Öst, SÖ Ax… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background: Children with long-gap esophageal atresia (LGEA) risk living with
aerodigestive morbidity and mental health difficulties. No previous study has investigated …

Demographic characteristics in patients with short-gap and long-gap esophageal atresia: a comparative study

V Erikci, M Hosgor, U Karaarslan, N Aksoy - Annals of Pediatric Surgery, 2014 - ajol.info
Background The knowledge of the size of the gap between esophageal ends in esophageal
atresia (EA) before surgery is of clinical importance. The aim of this study was to compare …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of 64-row MDCT in assessment of neonates with congenital EA and distal TEF

HEDGM El, MEEDM Radwan, AM Ali… - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction Esophageal atresia (EA), with or without trachea-esophageal fistula (TEF), is
one of the most challenging congenital anomalies in neonates, due to its high morbidity and …