subject: Newborn baby girl esophagus as short as "pocket" itself to substitute the colon [print this page] Newborn baby girl esophagus as short as "pocket" itself to substitute the colon
Normal esophagus is directly connected with the stomach, but TongLiang newborn baby girl jiao jiao (a pseudonym) of the esophagus is as short as "pocket" like a broken bridge with stomach. Chongqing medical university hospital experts by intercepting children for a colon, substitute esophageal atresia with stomach esophagus. Today, the girl finally learn first taste of milk. It is reported, so far, the youngest of similar surgery patients.
On May 11, was born at birth, and waited, and the process of amniotic fluid, and more than 6,000 ml of normal women only 12000 amniotic fluid. Fortunately, and are safe. But the family of joy and exciting haven't continue to a few minutes, the doctor said waited on vomit white mo, credit must immediately. The family and with an ambulance to 100,000 fire will be forwarded to learn the children's hospital affiliated healing.
After the examination, the whole body is waited for thoracic surgeons diagnosis factors esophageal atresia. According to the deputy director of thoracic surgeons PanZheng summer professor introduction, there are many types of esophageal atresia, jiao jiao of this belongs to the rare. She's such a short esophagus "pocket", about 3 cm long, just as normal 1/5 of the newborn. With the stomach esophagus are great, like the distance in a sky, an underground. "Pocket" kind of esophagus filled with food, once will go toward outside reflux, so charming jiao will vomit white mo. If children don't surgery, vulnerable to choke cough, aspiration pneumonia caused life-threatening, still can not eat for long-term staration.
Considering the jiao jiao stomach to be small, PanZheng summer professor Johnson Johnson decided to do two operations. The first operation is on May 8, waited for stomach surgery done, will build fistula in a pipe connected to learn the stomach, playing with milk compensatory nutrition.
June 2, colon surgery instead of the esophagus. Colon surgery instead of the esophagus is intercepted a colonic to substitute incomplete esophagus. It is reported, so far, the youngest of similar surgery patients.
Professor pan said, waited three big operation, an uphill struggle is too low because of age, weight, the risk of huge anesthesia and surgery, The length of the colon is suitable to intercept, short, made of colon as less than stomach esophagus connection, Three is jiao jiao esophagus and colon is too thin, only for 1.5 centimeters in diameter, colon and esophagus anastomosis, very difficult. Preoperative, professor pan waited for the measurement, and decided to do 12 centimeters interception of colonic to substitute the esophagus.
After sufficient preoperative preparation, PanZheng summer YangJieXian old professor, professor Johnson in the neck to open a mouth j, "pocket" kind of esophageal cut a mouth, and in a tunnel after sternal elevation, the interception by using forceps, colon entangled in the neck, to be colon esophagus and colon were will suture.
PanZheng, xia, due to the development of the normal colonic waited for her part in future, the interception of digestive tract has no influence. In the future, by a combination of the esophagus and colon and esophagus will normally work
