Takahisa Tainaka, Hiroo Uchida, Akihide Tanano, Chiyoe Shirota, Akinari Hinoki, Naruhiko Murase, Kazuki Yokota, Kazuo Oshima, Ryo Shirotsuki, Kosuke Chiba, Hizuru Amano, Hiroshi Kawashima, Yujiro Tanaka
BACKGROUND: The treatment of long-gap esophageal atresia remains an issue for pediatric surgeons. Many techniques for treating long-gap esophageal atresia have been proposed, but the optimal method has not been established. The thoracoscopic esophageal elongation technique has recently been developed. We previously reported a case in which two-stage thoracoscopic repair was performed using internal esophageal traction without esophageal tearing, and we retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of this procedure in this study...
January 2017: Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. Part A