Thoracoscopic treatment of congenital esophageal stenosis in combination with H-type tracheoesophageal fistula

J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Aug;47(8):1611-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.05.015.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchoscopy
  • Dilatation / instrumentation
  • Dilatation / methods
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Esophageal Stenosis / complications
  • Esophageal Stenosis / congenital
  • Esophageal Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Esophageal Stenosis / surgery*
  • Esophageal Stenosis / therapy
  • Esophagoscopy
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Thoracoscopy / methods*
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / complications
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / congenital
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula / surgery*