Low gestational age is associated with less anastomotic complications after open primary repair of esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula

• Main Authors: Carmen Dingemann (Author), Julia Brendel (Author), Julia Wenskus (Author), Sabine Pirr (Author), Nagoud Schukfeh (Author), Benno Ure (Author), Konrad Reinshagen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The aim of this study was to evaluate anastomotic complications after primary one-staged esophageal atresia (EA) repair relating to the patients` gestational age (GA). Methods Retrospective data analyses of patients who underwent closure of tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) and pri...