Thoracoscopic repair of a type D esophageal atresia in a newborn with complex congenital heart disease.
This report describes a case of thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia with a rare type D tracheoesophageal fistula in a child with complex congenital heart disease. We demonstrate the feasibility of thoracoscopic repair and anesthetic management in a child with complex congenital heart disease.
Rice-Townsend
Samuel
S
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Ramamoorthy
Chandra
C
Dutta
Sanjeev
S
D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery