Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Novel Surgery Helps Infant's Esophageal Condition
June 02, 2023
June 02, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 2 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt recently performed an innovative surgery to repair a rare esophageal condition in a 9-month-old patient.
The hospital is the first in the state to use the thoracoscopic Foker process, a minimally invasive technique, to repair long-gap esophageal atresia also known as Type A EA.
"This un . . .
Surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt recently performed an innovative surgery to repair a rare esophageal condition in a 9-month-old patient.
The hospital is the first in the state to use the thoracoscopic Foker process, a minimally invasive technique, to repair long-gap esophageal atresia also known as Type A EA.
"This un . . .