%0 Journal Article %T An 8-Year experience of esophageal atresia repair in sarvar children hospital %J Iranian Journal of Neonatology %I Mashhad University of Medical Sciences %Z 2251-7510 %A Hiradfar, Mehran %A Bazrafshan, Ahmad %A Judi, Marjan %A Gharavi, Mohammad %A Shojaeian, Reza %D 2012 %\ 05/01/2012 %V 3 %N 1 %P 20-24 %! An 8-Year experience of esophageal atresia repair in sarvar children hospital %K Esophageal atresia %K Surgery %K Outcome %K In-hospital mortality %R 10.22038/ijn.2012.276 %X Intruduction: Esophageal atresia (EA) is a congenital anomaly treated by surgical reconstruction. Some early postoperative complications may be encountered we assessed complications following EA repair in a large number of neonates with EA / TEF. 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 the 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 the most common early complications. In-hospital mortality rate decreased significantly during the last 8 years (from 17.6% to 4.7%). Conclusion:  Acceptable results and a growing survival rate were observed in this series of patients and we anticipate better results with improvements in minimally invasive surgical methods.   %U https://ijn.mums.ac.ir/article_276_04b1ff25240a46adda39c40000e1a2f7.pdf