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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 42 |
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Esophageal atresia with tracheo-esophageal fistula
Subir K Chatterjee
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Park Clinic, 4, Gorky Terrace, Kolkata 700017, India
| Date of Web Publication | 9-Sep-2010 |
Correspondence Address:
Subir K Chatterjee
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Park Clinic, 4, Gorky Terrace, Kolkata 700017
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.69145
How to cite this article:
Chatterjee SK. Esophageal atresia with tracheo-esophageal fistula. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg 2010;15:42 |
Sir,
I read with interest, the recently published paper (1) on esophageal atresia. Many years ago, I had diagnosed esophageal atresia with tracheo-esophageal fistula in the emergency room and had sent the baby to the ward. [1] The resident came running to tell me that he had passed a tube from the nose into the stomach and hence my diagnosis was surely wrong! He had indeed passed a no.6 Fr nasogastric tube; the tube was found to have traversed the nose, the pharynx, the larynx, the trachea, the fistula and the lower esophagus and had reached the stomach.
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| 1. | Hombalkar NN, Dhanawade S, Hombalkar P, Vaze D. Esophageal atresia with tracheo-esophageal fistula: accidental trans-gastric intubation. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg 2009;14: 224-5.  [PUBMED]  |
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