Anne Schneider, Sébastien Blanc, Arnaud Bonnard, Naziha Khen-Dunlop, Frédéric Auber, Anne Breton, Guillaume Podevin, Rony Sfeir, Virginie Fouquet, Catherine Jacquier, Jean-Louis Lemelle, Frédéric Lavrand, François Becmeur, Thierry Petit, Marie-Laurence Poli-Merol, Frédéric Elbaz, Thierry Merrot, Jean-Luc Michel, Allal Hossein, Manuel Lopez, Edouard Habonimana, Cécile Pelatan, Pascal De Lagausie, Philippe Buisson, Philine de Vries, Jean Gaudin, Hubert Lardy, Corine Borderon, Joséphine Borgnon, Olivier Jaby, Dominique Weil, Didier Aubert, Stephan Geiss, Jean Breaud, Anis Echaieb, Jane Languepin, Christophe Laplace, Myriam Pouzac, François Lefebvre, Frédéric Gottrand, Laurent Michaud
BACKGROUND: The aim of the present national prospective population-based study was to assess the early morbidity of esophageal atresia (EA). METHODS: All 38 multidisciplinary French centers that care for patients with EA returned a specific questionnaire about the 1-year outcome for each patient. This information was centralized, checked, and entered into a database. RESULTS: From the total population of 307 EA patients born in 2008 and 2009, data about the 1-year outcome were obtained from 301 (98%) patients, of whom 4% were lost to follow-up and 5% died...
December 11, 2014: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases