Oesophageal atresia: Are "long gap" patients at greater anesthetic risk?

CONCLUSION: Long gap oesophageal atresia infants have a similar incidence of perioperative complications to other infants with oesophageal atresia. Current surgical approaches to long gap repair, however, are associated with longer anesthetic exposures and require multiple procedures in infancy to achieve oesophageal continuity. PMID: 29399924 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - February 4, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Powell L, Frawley J, Crameri J, Teague WJ, Frawley GP Tags: Paediatr Anaesth Source Type: research