MECHANISMS OF GASTRIC DISTENSION IN ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA WITH DISTAL TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA

Authors
SIEBENS AA
Citation
Aa. Siebens, MECHANISMS OF GASTRIC DISTENSION IN ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA WITH DISTAL TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA, Dysphagia, 11(2), 1996, pp. 90-92
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Dysphagia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0179051X
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
90 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-051X(1996)11:2<90:MOGDIE>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This paper explains how the chest of the crying infant with the common form of esophageal atresia is a pump for ventilating the distal esoph agus and inflating the stomach. Esophageal inflation from the trachea occurs during inspiration and esophageal deflation into the stomach du ring cry.