Pierre Robin sequence in association with tracheo-oesophageal fistula: a heterogenous birth defect

Oesophageal Atresia with Double Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula.

Pierre robin sequence as birth asphyxia in a new born.

A new born baby boy presented with birth asphyxia and respiratory distress. He went into cardiac arrest twice but was resuscitated. On detailed evaluation, he had low set ears and micrognathia with glossoptosis consistent with features of Pierre Robin sequence. Episodes of apnoea disappeared, on nursing, the baby in prone position and later on tongue-lip retention suture were applied. Prompt di...

Offspring of patients with tracheo-oesophageal fistula.

One previous study has shown that the proportion affected of sibs of index patients with tracheo-oesophageal fistula is low. The survivors of the first successful operations for tracheooesophageal fistula are now reaching adult life, thus making possible a preliminary estimate of the proportion affected of children of index patients. From the records of two London hospitals a list of 99 consecu...

Tracheal Agenesis with Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula.

Tracheal Agenesis (TA) presents with respiratory distress at birth. Diagnosis requires recognition of clinical signs in newborns like failure of endotracheal intubation, respiratory distress with absent air entry over both side of chest and inaudible cry. We describe a TA Floyd Type I with a Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula (TOF) without other congenital malformations.

Low birthweight babies with oesophageal atresia or tracheo-oesophageal fistula.

Of 142 patients of known gestation with oesophageal atresia or tracheo-oesophageal fistula, 21% were preterm with a mean weight of 2 kg, 19% were small-for-dates with a mean weight of 2.23 kg, and the remaining 60% were born at term and weighed more than 2.5 kg. There were almost five times as many preterm and almost eight times as many small-for-date infants as in a normal population. Respirat...