Esophageal Atresia with Tracheoesophageal Fistula

Abstract

THE causative agents of atresia of the esophagus must be primarily genetic or else act during prenatal life, for the defect is present at birth. The evidence bearing on the subject has been brought together here for analysis, and is presented as a stimulus to further research on the problem of etiology.This report is based on a study of 107 infants with esophageal atresia (102 with associated tracheoesophageal fistula) seen at the Children's Hospital from January, 1936, through 1948 or born at the Boston Lying-in Hospital (6 cases) between 1934 and 1945, inclusive; 90 died during infancy and the . . .