TY - JOUR
AU1 - Gördü, Bilge
AU2 - Soyer, Tutku
AB - Diseases of the Esophagus (2023), 36,1–1 https://doi.org/10.1093/dote/doad040 Letter to the Editor Letter to editor in response to ‘Risk factors for adverse effects following surgical repair of esophageal atresia. A retrospective cohort study’ Bilge Gördü, Tutku Soyer* Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara 06100, Turkey Dear Editor, patients having at least one of the STC or MTC were classified as SCT or MCT. Although, SCT was We read the manuscript entitled ‘Risk factors defined as complications in the first year of life, for adverse effects following surgical repair on anastomotic strictures (AS) are classified as MCT. esophageal atresia. A retrospective cohort study’ However, AS was considered as a first-year outcome by Zouri, with interest. The results of the study 3,4 in larger series. In conclusion, well-defined core are very interesting, and the defined risk factors outcome measures are needed to compare the out- very well contribute to the literature. We suggest come and mortality of EA in different geographical that when evaluating the outcomes of esophageal regions. atresia (EA), some of the definitions should be clearly defined to compare the reported outcomes globally. Teunissen et al. reported heterogeneity in References outcome measures in different series. For 
TI - Letter to editor in response to ‘Risk factors for adverse effects following surgical repair of esophageal atresia. A retrospective cohort study’
JF - Diseases of the Esophagus
DO - 10.1093/dote/doad040
DA - 2023-06-13
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/letter-to-editor-in-response-to-risk-factors-for-adverse-effects-XgGvPOCDG0
VL - 36
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -