esophageal atresia/seizures

A case of tracheal compression in an infant after repair of a tracheo-oesophageal fistula and oesophageal atresia is reported. Tracheopexy completely relieved the symptoms of apnoeic attacks, cyanosis, and convulsions. We suggest that tracheal compression in infants and children with repaired

Patients with esophageal atresia (EA) or choanal atresia (CA) manifest similar clinical and pathophysiological features. To determine the significance of this observation, the clinical records of 80 patients with EA and 57 with CA were reviewed. This survey showed that similarities between the two

We report on two cases of bilateral chorioretinal colobomas with ocular anomalies in patients with CHARGE syndrome. In the first case, a female infant was born at 36 + 5 weeks gestation. At birth, the patient demonstrated a small left eye. Slit-lamp examination revealed colobomas of both irises.

We conducted a questionnaire-based study in collaboration with a Japanese trisomy 18 parental support group. Sixty-five children (female, 68%) with full trisomy 18 were evaluated. Diagnosis was made prenatally in 17% (11/65) and 57% (37/65) were born following a cesarean. The mean gestational age at

BACKGROUND Post-prandial hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia (PPHH) is a recognized complication of various gastric surgeries in children, but rarely reported after oesophageal atresia repair. We report 2 children diagnosed with PPHH after oesophageal surgery and the challenges of their management. Case

BACKGROUND VACTERL association is characterized by a group of congenital malformations that tend to occur together. Rarely, concurrent cerebrovascular abnormalities have been reported. In this article, we present the first reported case of moyamoya disease in a patient with VACTERL