Primary repair of long gap esophageal atresia in a neonate employing circular myotomy on upper pouch and a novel hemicircular myotomy on the distal pouch

Introduction: Pure esophageal atresia (EA) with long gap between the pouches remains a challenge for primary repair. Several techniques to facilitate primary repair in long gap EA have been described: complete mobilization of proximal and/or distal esophageal pouch, single or double circular myotomi...

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Main Authors: Faryal.G. Afridi, Nicholas. Shorter, Richard. Vaughan, Susan. Neptune, Shailinder. Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576618303324