ABSTRACT
Oesophageal atresia is a congenital abnormality that occurs in approximately one in 4000 live births, in which a variable length of the mid-portion of the oesophagus is missing. Most affected infants have a blind-ending upper-oesophageal pouch and an abnormal communication between the trachea and distal oesophagus called a distal tracheo-oesophageal fistula.
