Conservative management of major anastomotic leaks occurring after primary repair in esophageal atresia with fistula: Role of extrapleural approach

• Main Authors: Sanjay Kulshrestha (Author), Meeta Kulshrestha (Author), Vinay Tewari (Author), Nikhil Chaturvedi (Author), Atul Goyal (Author), Ram Kshitij Sharma (Author), Debashish Sarkar (Author), Jeetendra Narayan Tandon (Author), Vijay Katyal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aims: We are reporting single-institution's experience regarding the role of conservative management in 38 cases of minor and major anastomotic leaks [AL] occurring after primary surgery of esophageal atresia [EA] with tracheo-esophageal fistula [TEF] during last 17 years between 2000 and 2017....