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[Esophageal atresia and quality of life]
1Kinderchirurgische Klinik, Olgahospital Stuttgart.
Langenbecks Archiv Fur Chirurgie. Supplement II, Verhandlungen Der Deutschen Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Chirurgie. Kongress
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
To evaluate the quality of life of patients with esophageal atresia 122 questionnaires about children who underwent operations in several centres in the Federal Republic of Germany were analysed. On the basis of this information, the literature and our own cases, we found that these patients early childhood is complicated by operations, dilatations, difficulties of swallowing and frequent pulmonary infections. These problems improved in most cases during the first years of life. Subsequently the quality of life can be regarded as good.