title: Gastric tube oesophagoplasty for oesophageal atresia: a follow-up study. Part I: Clinical controls.
abstract: From 1975 to 1981, 12 gastric tube oesophagoplasties were performed in our institute for long-gap oesophageal atresias. All cases of the series, but one, have been reconstructed by means of a distally based tube. The authors discuss the criteria of choice of gastric tube and describe all the results of a clinical follow-up conducted in 9 cases, two to eight years after successful surgery. Height and weight patterns, in particular, show a fully satisfactory growth for all gastric tube children.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D004944:Esophagoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013270:Stomach / Q000637:transplantation*; D013536:Suture Techniques