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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1970;13(2):83-88. Published online February 28, 1970.

Congenital Esophageal Atresia and Tracheo-esophageal Fistula(Report of Eight Cases)

Kee Yong Park¹, Chui Hee Lee¹, Kyung Tai Whang¹, Sung Hoon Cho¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Medical College Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Authors expericenced eight cases of congenital atresia with tracheo-esophageal fistula during the period of three years from Jan. 1967 to Aug. 1969 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Catholic Medical Center. 1) Of the eight cases, three were delivered by C-section, three and two cases of the rest were the products of normal spontaneous and forceps or vacumm delivery respectively. 2)Six cases were male and the rest were female infants. 3) One of eight cases experienced was a premature, and others were normal newborns. 4)In the pathoanatomical classification of esophageal atresia, six cases were belong to type C by Gross, and type A and type B was each one case only. 5)The other anomaly associated with this malformation was found in two cases, one was polydactyly and other was anal atresia. 6)The most fatal complication was pneumonia, and six of eight cases complicated this.

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