Hi Steve,
This is Kiersten from GlobalCastMD, I work with Todd and Dr. Von Allmen. We have spoken before. In response to your request for videos explaining being born unable to to swallow. Here is a YouTube link to a great video our team made last year, it is “Esophageal Atresia in Brief: Presentation, Workup, Diagnosis, and Treatment” and we think it would work well for your audience. We will hopefully have another to share with you in the not too distant future.
Please let us know how else we can support the work you do,
Kiersten
Here, we review the basics of esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula with Dr. Daniel von Allmen and Dr. Aaron Garrison from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre.
Hosts: Ellen Encisco, Rod Gerardo, Todd Ponsky
00:00 Introduction
00:36 What is esophageal atresia?
01:06 How does esophageal atresia occur?
01:26 Typical presentation and diagnosis
02:33 Additional workup for associated anomalies
04:11 EA classification
05:22 Initial management
06:45 Operative management
07:06 Postoperative management
07:38 Postoperative complications
08:19 Outcomes
09:14 Summary
From Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
LINK TO THIS HOSPITAL Cincinnati Children’s Hospital International (birth-defect.org)
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