This book on oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula sets out to describe all
aspects of a congenital anomaly which has been described as' the epitome of modern …

• To understand how the various anatomical types of oesophageal atresia may be
distinguished on investigation.• To identify associated congenital abnormalities in infants …

Four hundred and fifteen babies with oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal
fistula were admitted to the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne during the thirty year …

At the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, 375 patients with oesophageal atresia and/or
tracheo-oesophageal fistula have been admitted under the care of one surgical unit and, as …

Summary rWith the development of modern methods eofsurgery, anaesthesia, and
postoperative care mortality from congenital anomalies of the, oesophagus, which was …

ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA is the most common of the esophageal anomalies. In its usual form
it consists of a blind upper esophagus and a fistulous communication between the trachea …

Since 1948, when the first patient with oesophageal atresia and a tracheo‐oesophageal
fistula was treated successfully at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, 569 infants with …

Oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula is a congenital structural abnormality
that affects 1: 4500 live infants. It is due to failure of the primitive foregut tube to separate …

The first description of esophageal atresia is credited to Durston who, in 1670, described
esophageal atresia in one of a pair of conjoined twins. Thomas Gibson in 1697 accurately …

CONGENITAL ATRESIA of the esophagus with tracheo-esophageal fistula was well
described by Thomas Gibson'of London in I703, yet in I9I8, 215 years later, Plass2 was able …