O esophageal atresia (OA) is a rare medical condition and patients with OA must cope with issues that are common with all such conditions including, amongst others, a lack of medical protocols for care and follow-up, limited research, and limited information available both to patients with OA and to medical professionals. To address these issues, the first family support group was established in the United Kingdom (TOFS-Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula Support) in the 1980s and more have appeared during the past 20 years.Groups from Australia,
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.