An 8-year experience of esophageal atresia repair in Sarvar children hospital (Mashhad- IRAN)

Introduction: background: esophageal atresia (ea) is a congenital anomaly that is treated by surgical reconstruction. some early postoperative complications may happen in this filed. we assessed complications following ea repair in a large series of neonates with ea / tef and in hospital mortality among a large series of our cases.materials and methods: 243 patients with ea / tef that were treated operatively in sarvar children’s hospital from 2002 to 2010 were studied. early post-operative complications in icu and surgery ward until hospital discharge were assessed.results: mean age was 3.4±2.76 days. primary repair was performed in 83.5% mean hospital stay was 12.5±12.81 days. respiratory problems and food intolerance were most common early complications. in-hospital mortality rate was decreased significantly during last 8 years (from 17.6% to 4.7%)conclusion: acceptable results and a growing survival rate was observed in this series of patients and we hope better results with improvements in minimally invasive methods