Tracheal compression by the stomach following gastric transposition in a toddler

Gastric transposition is widely employed for esophageal replacement. However, postoperative respiratory failure is one of the most fatal complications of this procedure, and its exact cause remains unclear. A 1-year-old boy with VATER association underwent retrosternal gastric transposition for a lo...

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Main Authors: Tsuyoshi Sakurai, Hiromu Tanaka, Megumi Nakamura, Naobumi Endo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576621000695