Esophageal Atresia: Migration of the gastrostomy tube into the bronchus

• Main Authors: Hosseini Seyed Mohammad (Author), Banani Seyed (Author), Sabet Babak (Author), Zeraatian Sam (Author), Razmi Tannaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 2-day-old baby boy, 38 weeks gestation, weight 2000 g was brought due to hypersalivation and imperforate anus with gasless abdomen on plain X-ray. He underwent a gastrostomy tube insertion and colostomy. In contrast study of the stomach, on the 5th postoperative day, the dye spilled into the trach...