[Mediastinal complications following retropleural operation for oesophageal atresias (author's transl)].
Serious acute complications can occur in relation to anastomotic insufficiency or re-opening of the fistula in patients with tracheo-oesophageal fistula and atresia, even if the repair has been carried out extra-pleurally. For this reason the patient should not be nursed flat and the important life-threatening signs to watch for are increasing tachypnoea and dyspnoea with respiratory acidosis and a central air shadow in the mediastinum.
D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology
Mediastinale Komplikationen nach retropleuraler Operation von Osophagusatresien.