Fundoplication in Patients with Esophageal Atresia: Patient Selection, Indications, and Outcomes
Patients with esophageal atresia (EA) suffer from abnormal and permanent esophageal intrinsic and extrinsic innervation that affects severely esophageal motility. The repair of EA also results in esophageal shortening that affects distal esophageal sphincter mechanism. Consequently, gastroesophageal...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Pediatrics |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2017.00109/full |