TEF repair; Esophageal atresia repair

Risks for any anesthesia include:

• Reactions to medicines
• Breathing problems

Risks for any surgery include:

• Bleeding
• Infection

Risks for this surgery are:

• Collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
• Food leakage from the area that is repaired
• Low body temperature (hypothermia)
• Narrowing of the repaired organs
• Re-opening of the fistula

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Review Date: 01/30/2010
Reviewed By: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)