title: Oesophageal atresia.
abstract: Fifty years ago this congenital anomaly was incompatible with survival. Advances in neonatal intensive care, anaesthesia and surgical techniques permit successful correction in the vast majority of patients. Death in a patient with oesophageal atresia is now rarely attributable to that anomaly, but occurs in the very premature and those babies with other associated major anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, London.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011859:Radiography