Site Index, Department of Surgery in the Medical School at the University of Minnesota

Purpose
Overall Goal (brief

Introduction to EA/TEF

The issues of EA Repair

a. Other Birth Defects
b. Prematurity
c. The Gap length
    Figures 2, 3 & 4 with legends

Treatment

a. Basic operation
   -Figure 5 with legend
b. The long gap situation
   -True primary repair
   -Stimulating esophageal growth (Figure 6 with legend)
   -Esophageal substitutions (interposition grafts)

Goals

a. The treatment plan
b. Post operative problems
- GE reflux (strictures and oral aversion)
c. Tracheomalacia
d. The final step

Long Term

a. Overall goals
b. Esophageal function
c. GE reflux
d. The very long term

Additional references

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