The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 19, 239-241, Copyright © 1975 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Use of intercostal muscle in primary repair of esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula
R Zajtchuk, AE Seyfer and TE Strevey
Forty-one patients with esophageal atresia and distal tracheoesophageal
fistula underwent primary repair. Results are compared among patients in
whom an intercostal muscle graft was interposed between the trachea and
esophagus and those without the graft. Patients with muscle interposition
had lower morbidity and mortality and better long-term results.