Thoracoscopic treatment of congenital esophageal stenosis in combination with H-type tracheoesophageal fistula.
Congenital esophageal stenosis combined with H-type tracheoesophageal fistula is a rare clinical entity that is often not diagnosed until months or sometimes many years after birth. We present a case of a boy who presented both these entities and was treated by thoracoscopy.
Department Pediatric Surgery KE.04.140.5, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Daan
D
van Poll
David C
DC
van der Zee
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*