Table 1.

Overview of patient characteristics and tabular hospital course.

	Patient #1	Patient #2	Patient #3
Length of stay	21 days	25 days	13 days
Gender	Male	Female	Male
Birth weight (g)	1388	2153	1924
Weight at time of discharge (g)	1660	2374	2176
Gestational age	34 weeks	35 weeks	33 weeks
Prenatal diagnosis	Polyhydramnios, double bubble, twin B	Polyhydramnios, double bubble	polyhydramnios, premature rupture of membrane
Cardiac condition	Misaligned ventricular septal defect, right-sided aortic arch	Atrioseptal defect	None
Other associated conditions/anomalies	Intrauterine growth retardation, large misaligned ventricular septal defect, GERD, hyperbilirubinemia	Sacral dimple, atrioseptal defect	Hyperbilirubinemia, malrotation, left undescended testicle,
Side of aortic arch	Right	Left	Left
First surgery	DOL#1 Gastrostomy tube placement, bronchoscopy, right posterior lateral thoracotomy, ligation of tracheoesophageal fistula, repair of esophageal atresia, right chest tube	DOL#2 Gastrostomy tube placement, bronchoscopy, right posterior lateral thoracotomy, ligation of tracheoesophageal fistula, repair of esophageal atresia, right chest tube	DOL#2 Gastrostomy tube placement, bronchoscopy, right posterior lateral thoracotomy, ligation of tracheoesophageal fistula, repair of esophageal atresia, right chest tube
Second surgery	DOL#4 Exploratory laparotomy: duodenoduodenostomy	DOL#7 Exploratory laparotomy: duodenoduodenostomy	DOL#7 Exploratory laparotomy: malrotation duodenoduodenostomy, LADD's procedure
Enteral feeds started	DOL#5	DOL#13	DOL#11
Post-OP course	DOL#7 extubated DOL#14 chest tube removed	DOL#10 extubated DOL#16 chest tube removed	DOL#8 extubated DOL#13 chest tube removed
Complications	None	None	Tracheomalacia
Follow-up information	12 months: tolerating feeds, intermittent respiratory distress	2 years: no problems	2 years: no problems