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Families EA/TF Index
Purpose
Overall Goal (brief
What is EA?
Introduction to EA/TEF
The issues of EA Repair
a. Other Birth Defects
b. Prematurity
c. The Gap length
Figures 2, 3 & 4 with legends
Treatment
a. Basic operation
-Figure 5 with legend
b. The long gap situation
-True primary repair
-Stimulating esophageal growth (Figure 6 with legend)
-Esophageal substitutions (interposition grafts)
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Goals
a. The treatment plan
b. Post operative problems
- GE reflux (strictures and oral aversion)
c. Tracheomalacia
d. The final step
Long Term
a. Overall goals
b. Esophageal function
c. GE reflux
d. The very long term
Additional references
Contact information and other resources
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