ArticleSurgical endoscopy2024
Birth weight and thoracoscopic approach for patients with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula-a retrospective cohort study.
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- Continuous clamping facilitates distal fistula dissection in thoracoscopic repair of type C esophageal atresia: a novel surgical technique.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Trial
- [Surgery of premature infants-Perspectives and limitations].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Outcomes and challenges in the management of esophageal atresia and/or tracheoesophageal fistula: insights from Turkish Esophageal Atresia Registry.World journal of pediatric surgery · 2025Review
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backgroundThis study aimed to analyze the results, feasibility and safety of the thoracoscopic approach for patients with esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF) depending on the patient's birth weight.
methodsThe study involved only type C and D EA/TEF. Among the analyzed parameters were the patients' characteristics, surgical treatment and post-operative complications: early mortality, anastomosis leakage, anastomosis strictures, chylothorax, TEF recurrence, and the need for fundoplication or gastrostomy.
results145 consecutive newborns underwent thoracoscopic EA with TEF repair. They were divided into three groups-A (N = 12 with a birth weight < 1500 g), B (N = 23 with a birth weight ≥ 1500 g but < 2000 g), and C-control group (N = 110 with a birth weight ≥ 2000 g). Primary one-stage anastomosis was performed in 11/12 (91.7%) patients-group A, 19/23 (82.6%)-group B and 110 (100%)-group C. Early mortality was 3/12 (25%)-group A, 2/23 (8.7%)-group B, and 2/110 (1.8%)-group C and was not directly related to the surgical repair. There were no significant differences in operative time and the following complications: anastomotic leakage, recurrent TEF, esophageal strictures, and chylothorax. There were no conversions to an open surgery. Fundoplication was required in 0%-group A, 4/21 (19.0%)-group B, and 2/108 (1.9%)-group C survivors. Gastrostomy was performed in 1/9 (11.1%)-group A, 3/21 (14.3%)-group B and 0%-group C.
conclusionIn an experienced surgeon's hands, even in the smallest newborns, the thoracoscopic approach may be safe, feasible, and worthy of consideration. Birth weight seems to be not a direct contraindication to the thoracoscopic approach.
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