The stoma that appeared from nowhere
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
- Correspondence to Ashish Desai, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, Denmark Hill, London 12, London SE59RS, Kent, UK; ashishdesai{at}nhs.net
- Received 22 November 2011
- Accepted 29 November 2011
- Published Online First 20 January 2012
A term baby with normal antenatal scans was postnatally diagnosed as having oesophageal atresia (OA) with tracheoesophageal fistula and an imperforate anus. The child had an umbilical venous catheter inserted, which was removed prior to surgery on day 2 of life. The OA was repaired and a divided colostomy was created. On day 8 postop, the nurse …
