Pediatric Cardiology Department, Regional Specialist Hospital in Wroclaw, Research and Development Center, Wroclaw, Poland.
Pediatric Surgery and Urology Department, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jul;106(1):305-308. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.02.069. Epub 2018 Mar 31.
The year 2018 marks the 130th anniversary of the first known surgical attempt at correction of esophageal atresia, performed by Charles Steele. But before the first successful procedure happened, many other surgeons undertook heroic attempts to save newborns and infants with this defect. Two hundred seventy-one years passed from the first description of the defect to the first surgery survivor. This paper presents a fascinating history of these milestones in pediatric surgery and of its pioneers whose creativity, mastery, and fantasy created a basis of congenital esophageal atresia surgery.
2018 年标志着 Charles Steele 首次尝试手术矫正食管闭锁的 130 周年。但是，在首例成功手术之前，许多其他外科医生也都曾勇敢地尝试拯救患有这种缺陷的新生儿和婴儿。从首次描述该缺陷到首例手术成功，过去了 271 年。本文介绍了小儿外科学发展历程中的这些里程碑事件，以及先驱们的精彩历史。他们的创造力、精湛技艺和奇思妙想为先天性食管闭锁手术奠定了基础。
