An epidemiological study of oesophageal atresia

An epidemiological study of oesophageal atresia.

Oesophageal atresia

Oesophageal atresia (OA) encompasses a group of congenital anomalies comprising of an interruption of the continuity of the oesophagus with or without a persistent communication with the trachea. In 86% of cases there is a distal tracheooesophageal fistula, in 7% there is no fistulous connection, while in 4% there is a tracheooesophageal fistula without atresia. OA occurs in 1 in 2500 live birt...

An unusual variation of oesophageal atresia.

Congenital anomalies of the oesophagus were once thought to be relatively rare. Plass in 1919 reported one case and in an exhaustive review of the literature found 136 fully verified cases; he stated that there was some variation in the minor details of the anomaly, but the general picture was uniform -a blind upper pouch ending at a level between the lower border of the larynx and the tracheal...

An unusual case of congenital oesophageal atresia.

Atresia of the oesophagus, which has been widely discussed within the last ten years, has been intrathoracic and the site of the atresia has been at or just above the level of the tracheal bifurcation (Haight and Towsley, 1943; Haight, 1948; Franklin, 1949; Gross, 1953; Borrie, 1953). Our case is unusual because the site of the tracheal oesophageal communication is in the neck and the surgical ...

Oesophageal Atresia with Double Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula.