Psychological aspects of rehabilitation of children who had undergone oesophageal surgery

Abstract

This study aimed to present the outcome of children rehabilitation who underwent surgery on the esophagus. For this reason the results of a survey of 56 patients aged 2 to 18 years who underwent surgery to restore the esophagus 1—18 years ago were analyzed by psychologist of Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Pediatric Surgery. In this group of operated children, there were 26 patients with burn injury of the esophagus and 30 with congenital pathology of the esophagus. At the same time, a survey was conducted among the parents of the operated patients. For this purpose, special techniques were used to assess the psychological component in the process of patient rehabilitation with the ability to trace the dynamics and degree of adaptation in society of a child who has an artificial esophagus as a result of previous operations