Lessons Learned From the First-In-Human Compassionate Use of Connect-EA™ in Ten Patients With Esophageal Atresia

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• Connect-EA device enables endoscopic magnetic compression anastomosis for esophageal atresia repair in high-risk patients.
• EMCA technique may reduce peri-operative morbidity/mortality compared to conventional surgical repair in complex EA cases.
• First-in-human series demonstrates feasibility of magnetic anastomosis as alternative to delayed primary repair.
• Device creates secure esophageal anastomosis without traditional open surgical approach in anatomically challenging cases.
• Long-term outcomes from 10 compassionate-use cases provide early safety and efficacy data for novel EA repair method.

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