Congenital Atresia of Oesophagus

Congenital atresia of the oesophagus.

Congenital Atresia of the Oesophagus: Reports of Three Cases

This condition is not rare, but until recently has been almost invariably fatal. The condition is now curable, but early diagnosis is essential, and surgical correction of the abnormality must be performed within the first two or three days of birth. The diagnosis should always be suspected if the following signs are present: frothy mucus about the nose and mouth; cyanosis during feeds, and reg...

Congenital atresia of the oesophagus: An Attempt at Surgical Treatment.

Case of congenital atresia of the oesophagus with infantile pyloric stenosis.

History. A healthy white woman of 24 was delivered on October 14, 1944, of her third full term male child which weighed 5 lb. 15 oz. The infant cried promptly but was cyanosed. There was abundant mucus in the pharynx, and moist medium rales were present throughout the chest. No pyloric tumour was noted. Oxygen by nasal funnel relieved the cyanosis until the child fed, whereupon, within twenty s...

The congenital short oesophagus.

It is now generally agreed that many cases of short oesophagus with hiatal hernia were previously described as congenital on insufficient evidence; by far the commonest cause is acquired chronic cicatrizing reflux or digestion oesophagitis. There is, however, a risk that the pendulum may swing too far the other way and the existence of the congenital lesion be generally denied or forgotten. Fin...