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ArticleIndian journal of pediatrics2008

Esophageal surgery in newborns, infants and children.

Prema Menon, K L N Rao

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Article in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Prema MenonDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
K L N Rao
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · INPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most common surgery on the esophagus by pediatric surgeons the world over is performed in the newborn period in babies with congenital esophageal atresia with tracheo-esophageal fistula. Post-operative complications like recurrent fistula, anastomotic stricture and some patients with gastroesophageal reflux would also require surgical intervention. Apart from esophageal dilatation, gastrostomy and feeding jejunostomy, children with strictures secondary to caustic ingestion, reflux or previous esophageal anastomosis may require esophageal substitution. This operation may also be required in babies with pure esophageal atresia as well as those with a long gap esophageal atresia with fistula. The entire stomach, stomach tubes, colon or jejunum are often used but techniques preserving as much of the original esophagus as possible are preferable and more physiological. Surgery is also required in children with congenital esophageal stenosis and duplication cyst.

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ChildChild, PreschoolDigestive System Surgical ProceduresEsophageal AtresiaEsophageal StenosisEsophagusFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMalePostoperative ComplicationsThoracoscopy

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PMID19011807
OpenAlexW2052209313

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