Esophageal atresia with tracheo-esophageal fistula: Accidental transtracheal gastric intubation
The diagnostic feature of esophageal atresia (EA) is the inability to pass a catheter into the stomach. EA can be ruled out if the feeding tube can be passed into the stomach. In EA, when a tracheo-esophageal fistula (TEF) is present, theoretically the feeding tube can find its way into the stomach...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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