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In the most common variant of oesophageal atresia, the proximal oesophagus ends as a blind upper pouch and there is a distal tracheo-oesophageal fistula (Figure 9.1). The distal oesophagus joins the posterior aspect of the trachea, usually in the lower half of its intrathoracic part.
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Beasley, S.W., Auldist, A.W. (1991). Oesophageal atresia with distal tracheo-oesophageal fistula. In: Beasley, S.W., Myers, N.A., Auldist, A.W. (eds) Oesophageal Atresia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3079-8_9
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