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Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula and/or Oesophageal Atresia
What are the symptoms?
With OA, the oesophagus forms a closed off pouch that prevents food from reaching the stomach. Prior to corrective surgery, this pouch can fill up with food and saliva, which can eventually overflow into the baby's trachea (windpipe), entering the lungs and causing choking.
With TOF, the oesophagus is connected to the windpipe. Without surgical intervention, this allows air to pass from the windpipe to the food pipe and stomach. It can also allow stomach acid to pass into the lungs.
Approximately 1 in 3,500 babies is born with a TOF/OA related condition, most with both TOF and OA.
VACTERL Association
Babies with TOF/OA may also have other health problems, particularly
heart defects, imperforate anus and kidney, spinal or limb anomalies.
There is a recognised association between a particular group of
abnormalities, which has been called the VACTERL Association.
Background
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