title: Oesophageal atresia: the first survival in the Southern hemisphere.
abstract: The first known survival in the Southern hemisphere following a corrective operation for oesophageal atresia, is reported. Contrary to previous reports, this survival was in 1948 not in 1949 and the survival occurred in New Zealand not in Australia.
authors.affiliation: Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009520:New Zealand