TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL SEGMENTATION IN CHILDREN USING EXTRATHORACIC ESOPHAGEAL ELONGATION METHOD. A CASE REPORT

Mạnh Tuân Tô1,, Minh Khôi Nguyễn1, Văn Linh Nguyễn1, Thanh Tú Vũ1, Thanh Tùng Phạm1, Duy Hiền Phạm1
1 Vietnam National Children's Hospital.

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Abstract

Esophageal reconstruction in the case of long-gap esophageal atresia is still a challenge for pediatric surgeons around the world. This technique is mostly mentioned in the literature in neonatal esophageal atresia. We would like to report a case of surgical treatment of long-gap esophageal segmentation in an older child using extrathoracic esophageal elongation and reView literature on methods of assessing the position and elongation of esophageal segments.

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