TORONTO-Surgeons at the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) stated that they have successfully completed a world first in the medical world. They have adopted a new procedure to connect the upper and lower esophagus of pediatric patients with magnets. Henryk Deneen was born at 33 weeks and was diagnosed with a congenital defect called esophageal atresia, that is, part of his esophagus is missing. This caused the doctor to insert a feeding tube when he was only one day old. Children with esophageal atresia cannot eat or swallow. In most cases, surgeons can connect the gap between the upper and lower organs. In rare cases, a congenital defect called “long gap atresia” can make the distance longer, and the surgeon must wait until the baby is at least three months old before attempting to stretch and connect the ends of the esophagus through surgery.
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