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VACTERL Association

Background

'VACTERL' is the name for a group of developmental defects that often occur as a group (or 'association') in newborn babies.

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Medical text written December 2005 by Mr Bruce Jaffray, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

 

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