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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 48, 292-294, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Laryngotracheoesophageal cleft: endoscopic diagnosis and surgical repair

WR Chitwood Jr, WS Bost Jr, WJ Pories, MA Gowen and RL Saldahna
Division of Cardiac Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina.

The laryngotracheoesophageal cleft results from congenital nonfusion of the upper tracheoesophageal septum and cricoid primordium. The diagnosis remains an endoscopic one and often is difficult to make in the neonate. This article describes a method for determining the diagnosis, as well as details of a successful surgical repair.




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