title: Laparoscopic gastric transposition with cervical esophagogastric anastomosis for long gap pure esophageal atresia.
abstract: The management of long-gap pure esophageal atresia remains controversial. Treatment options include primary repair with or without circular myotomoies of the upper pouch, proximal and distal pouch dilation/stretching, colon/small intestinal replacement, and gastric transposition/pull-up. Of these options, only the gastric transposition can be performed in a completely laparoscopic approach. In this paper, we report a case of complete laparoscopic gastric transposition with cervical esophagogastric anastomosis in an infant with long-gap pure esophageal atresia.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: St Peter
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ostlie
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*