François Bastard, Arnaud Bonnard, Véronique Rousseau, Thomas Gelas, Laurent Michaud, Sabine Irtan, Christian Piolat, Aline Ranke-Chrétien, François Becmeur, Anne Dariel, Thierry Lamireau, Thierry Petit, Virginie Fouquet, Aurélie Le Mandat, Francis Lefebvre, Hossein Allal, Josephine Borgnon, Julia Boubnova, Edouard Habonimana, Nicoleta Panait, Philippe Buisson, Marc Margaryan, Jean-Luc Michel, Jean Gaudin, Hubert Lardy, Frédéric Auber, Corinne Borderon, Philine De Vries, Olivier Jaby, Laurent Fourcade, Jean François Lecompte, Cécilia Tolg, Benoit Delorme, Françoise Schmitt, Guillaume Podevin
INTRODUCTION: Thoracotomy as surgical approach for esophageal atresia treatment entails the risk of deformation of the rib cage and consequently secondary thoracogenic scoliosis. The aim of our study was to assess these thoracic wall anomalies on a large national cohort and search for factors influencing this morbidity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pediatric surgery departments from our national network were asked to send recent thoracic X-ray and operative reports for patients born between 2008 and 2010 with esophageal atresia...
April 2018: Journal of Pediatric Surgery