UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL PERFORATION IN PREMATURE, MECHANICALLY VENTILATED INFANTS WITH ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA AND TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA

Authors
ASLAM A FRANK JD NOBLETT HR
Citation
A. Aslam et al., UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL PERFORATION IN PREMATURE, MECHANICALLY VENTILATED INFANTS WITH ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA AND TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA, Pediatric surgery international, 10(4), 1995, pp. 261-263
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric surgery international → ACNP
ISSN journal
01790358
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
261 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-0358(1995)10:4<261:UGPIPM>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Three cases of upper gastrointestinal perforation affecting the stomac h, duodenum, and jejunum, respectively, are described. Each occurred i n premature infant with oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fi stula on ventilatory support. In each case there was a delay in diagno sis. All infants survived. The management options and current opinion on the treatment of this difficult problem are discussed.