TITLE:
Surgical and Anaesthesiology Management of Esophageal Atresia: What Are the Mortality Factors in a Developing Country?
AUTHORS:
Adjoba Manuela Ehua, Martial Olivier Moulot, Privat Desire Ango, Kouame Soroboua Agbara, Jean- Marie Konan, Ibrahim Traore, Lohourou Franck Grah, Robert Boulleys, Alphamoye Haidara, Paule- Christine Ekobo, Sanni Roumanatou Bankole
KEYWORDS:
Esophageal Atresia, Mortality, Developing Countries
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.9 No.12,
December
28,
2018
ABSTRACT: Esophageal atresia is an extreme neonatal surgical emergency whose mortality remains high in our country. We report 8 cases collected over 7 years in a tertiary hospital in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The purpose of the study is to identify the elements of surgical and anaesthesiological man-agement in our department that influences mortality.