Thoracoscopic repair of a type D esophageal atresia in a newborn with complex congenital heart disease

Samuel Rice-Townsend; Chandra Ramamoorthy; Sanjeev Dutta

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.05.013

Thoracoscopic repair of a type D esophageal atresia in a newborn with complex congenital heart disease

J Pediatr Surg. 2007 Sep;42(9):1616-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.05.013.

Authors

Samuel Rice-Townsend¹, Chandra Ramamoorthy, Sanjeev Dutta

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

PMID: 17848260
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.05.013

Abstract

This report describes a case of thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia with a rare type D tracheoesophageal fistula in a child with complex congenital heart disease. We demonstrate the feasibility of thoracoscopic repair and anesthetic management in a child with complex congenital heart disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Esophageal Atresia / complications
Esophageal Atresia / surgery*
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / complications*
Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Thoracoscopy
Tracheoesophageal Fistula / complications
Tracheoesophageal Fistula / congenital
Tracheoesophageal Fistula / surgery