Abstract
Esophageal atresia includes a group of congenital anomalies characterized as interruption of the continuity of the esophagus combined with or without a persistent communication with the trachea. These congenital malformations occur in 1:2,500–3,000 live births.
Over the last 40 years, there has been a steady improvement in the overall survival rate due to early diagnosis and prompt referral, improvements in preoperative care and diagnosis and treatment of associated anomalies, advances in anesthetic techniques, and sophisticated neonatal intensive care.
There is increasing experience with the thoracoscopic approach to repair esophageal atresia (Brandigi et al., J Siena Acad Sci 5, 2013; Bax and van Der Zee, J Pediatr Surg 37: 192–196, 2002; Rothenberg, J Pediatr Surg 37: 869–872, 2002; Nguyen et al., J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 16: 174–178, 2006; Krosnar and Baxter, Paediatr Anaesth 15: 541–546, 2005; Rothenberg, Semin Pediatr Surg 14: 2–7, 2005a; Rothenberg, Esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. In: Najmaldin et al. (eds) Operative endoscopy and endoscopic surgery in infants and children. Hodder Arnold, London, pp 89–97, 2005b), but this requires advanced skills in minimal invasive surgery.
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Messina, M., Molinaro, F., Garzi, A., Angotti, R. (2016). Esophageal Atresia of Newborns. In: Buonocore, G., Bracci, R., Weindling, M. (eds) Neonatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18159-2_228-1
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