What is esophageal atresia?

Esophageal atresia is a birth defect in which part of a baby’s esophagus (the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach) does not develop properly. Esophageal atresia is a birth defect of the swallowing tube (esophagus) that connects the mouth to the stomach.

How is esophageal atresia diagnosed?

Esophageal atresia is most commonly detected after birth when the baby first tries to feed and has choking or vomiting, or when a tube inserted in the baby’s nose or mouth cannot pass down into the stomach. An x-ray can confirm that the tube stops in the upper esophagus.

How many babies are born with esophageal atresia?

How Many Babies are Born with Esophageal Atresia? Researchers estimate that about 1 in every 4,100 babies is born with esophageal atresia in the United States. 1 This birth defect can occur alone, but often occurs with other birth defects. Like many families of children with a birth defect, CDC wants to find out what causes them.

What are the types of esophageal atresia/tracheo-esophagal fistula?

As such, the types of esophageal atresia / tracheo-esophageal fistula can be divided into 4: 1 proximal atresia with distal fistula: 85% 2 isolated esophageal atresia: 8-9% 3 isolated fistula (H-type): 4-6% 4 double fistula with intervening atresia: 1-2% 5 proximal fistula with distal atresia: 1% More

Which ultrasound findings are characteristic of esophageal atresia?

Prenatal ultrasound correctly identified 77.9% of cases with esophageal atresia and 21.9% esophageal atresia with an associated tracheo-esophageal fistula. Polyhydramnios was present in 56.3% of cases affected by esophageal atresia, and a small or absent stomach was identified in 50.0% cases.

What is the prognosis of oesophageal atresia?

One-week survival for live births was 86.9% and 99.2% if the gestational age was ≥38 weeks and isolated oesophageal atresia was present. Males accounted for 57.3% of all cases and 38.5% of live born cases were born with gestational age <37 weeks.

How accurate is fetal magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of esophageal atresia?

When performed following a suspicious ultrasound, fetal magnetic resonance imaging had an good overall diagnostic accuracy for esophageal atresia, with a sensitivity of 94.7%, a specificity of 89.3%, a positive likelihood ratio of 8.8, a negative likelihood ratio of 0.06 and a diagnostic odds ratio of 149.3.