Outcomes after open thoracotomy repair of esophageal atresia with or without tracheoesophageal fistula: A 10-year Middle Eastern multicenter retrospective cohort

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• Middle Eastern EA repair outcomes show wide variation, highlighting need for standardized protocols in resource-constrained settings
• Open thoracotomy remains standard approach; study quantifies mortality, complications, and feeding outcomes over 10-year period
• Hospital length of stay serves as key quality metric, with identifiable risk factors guiding targeted improvement efforts
• Contemporary multicenter data fills critical gap in understanding EA repair outcomes outside high-resource Western centers
• Characterizing care gaps enables evidence-based quality improvement initiatives tailored to regional resource constraints

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