Journal of paediatrics and child health
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J Paediatr Child Health · Apr 1990
Review Case ReportsRecurrent tracheo-oesophageal fistula: experience with 24 patients.
Over an 11 year period, 275 infants with oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula were treated. Of these, 22 (8%) developed a recurrent fistula. ⋯ Once the diagnosis of a recurrent fistula has been firmly established, operative repair should be undertaken. In our series of 24 patients, there were three deaths (12.5%), four patients developed a second recurrence (16.6%), while a secondary oesphageal replacement was carried out on five patients.