La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica (Dec 2019)

Guidelines of the Italian Society of Videosurgery in Infancy for the minimally invasive treatment of the esophageal atresia

  • Salvatore Fabio Chiarenza,
  • Maria Luisa Conighi,
  • Ciro Esposito,
  • Maria Escolino,
  • Fabio Beretta,
  • Maurizio Cheli,
  • Vincenzo Di Benedetto,
  • Maria Grazia Scuderi,
  • Giovanni Casadio,
  • Maurizio Marzaro,
  • Leon Francesco Fascetti,
  • Andrea Conforti,
  • Pietro Bagolan,
  • Claudio Vella,
  • Cosimo Bleve,
  • Daniela Codric,
  • Paolo Caione

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2019.230
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41, no. 2

Abstract

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Esophageal Atresia (EA) is defined as an interruption in esophageal continuity that results in a proximal tract that ends in a blind pouch in 98% of cases, and a distal tract that in 87% of cases arises via a Fistula from the Trachea (TEF). (...).

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