Current Paediatrics
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 36-42, February 2002

Neonatal surgical problems of the chest

  • Lucinda J. Huskisson (Consultant Paediatric Surgeon)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Surgery, The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Paul O'Gorman Building, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8BJ, UK
    • ,
  • Chris Kirby (Consultant Paediatric Surgeon)

      Affiliations

    • Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, 5006, Australia

Abstract 

Thoracic surgical problems are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in neonates. We outline conditions of the oesophagus, diaphragm, lung and airways and pleura. Oesophageal atresia (OA) with or without tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) and congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are commonest and are described in detail. Some of the less commonly encountered conditions, increasingly detected antenatally, are often asymptomatic on delivery, presenting the neonatologist and neonatal surgeon with a management dilemma.

Keywords: congenital diaphragmatic hernia, oesophageal atresia, tracheo-oesophageal fistula

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  • f1 Correspondence to: LJH. Tel.: 0117 928 5446; Fax: 0117 928 5701.

PII: S0957-5839(01)90245-3

doi:10.1054/cupe.2001.0245

Current Paediatrics
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 36-42, February 2002

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