Three Children Successfully Operated upon for Congenital Atresia of the Œsophagus with Œsophago-Tracheal Fistula
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Congenital Atresia of the Œsophagus
ALTHOUGH congenital atresia of the cesophagus is comparatively rarely diagnosed, it is, as will be shown, a not uncommon congenital anomaly, and since early treatment now offers a chance of complete cure we have felt it worth while to make the following short summary of the literature on the subject, with notes on the clinical appearances of typical cases. The condition has been reported in the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1949
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591574904200710