title: Long-gap esophageal atresia: experience with reconstruction in 25 patients.
abstract: In a series of 183 patients with esophageal atresia in a period of 20 years, 25 had a "long-gap" esophageal atresia. In most of these cases we succeeded in saving the patients' own esophagus but at the cost of one to two years of intensive treatment. The overall survival was 80%. The result compares favorably with the results of esophageal replacement reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Surgical Center, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Festen
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Rieu
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: van der Staak
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Severijnen
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015996:Survival Rate