Esophageal atresia (EA) with or without tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is a rare congenital malformation. Digestive and nutritional problems remain frequent in children with EA both in early infancy and at long-term follow-up. These patients are at major risk of presenting with gastroesophageal reflux and its complications, such as anastomotic strictures. Esophageal dysmotility is constant, an...

Abstract Background Congenital malformations are the third cause of mortality in children under five. We aimed to report sociodemographic and diagnostic aspects gastrointestinal ones their outcomes. Methods conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study patients admitted from January 2018 2021 our department at Albert Royer National Children’s Hospital Center Dakar, Senegal. A total 230 were inc...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to introduce a new surgical technique for the correction of congenital cricotracheal stenosis. METHODS A 5-day-old girl presented with esophageal atresia and congenital cricotracheal stenosis. After successfully correcting her esophageal atresia, the authors chose to use a type of slide cricotracheoplasty, which was a modification of slide tracheoplasty and a...

There is little published literature from the third World countries that described the factors influencing survival of babies with esophageal atresia. We analysed 25 consecutive neonates treated for esophageal atresia. The overall survival rate was 36%. All 4 babies in Waterslon Group A, 37.5% in Group B, and 15.4% in Group C • survived. All 9 preterm babies died. Only 2 of the 16 babies who ha...

BACKGROUND Esophageal atresia (EA) is a common congenital anomaly. In this study, we evaluated the mortality and its risk factors in patients born with esophageal atresia. METHODS AND MATERIALS A database of 206 consecutive patients treated for EA was developed in ST-Zahra hospital of Isfahan between 1994 and 2004. RESULTS In this study, 206 patients were evaluated. The most common type of ...