Tracheoesophageal Definition

Tracheoesophageal Sentence Examples

• Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is a birth defect in which the trachea is connected to the esophagus.

• In 85 to 90 percent of tracheoesophageal fistulas, the top part of the esophagus ends in a blind sac, and the lower part inserts into the trachea.

• This is the most difficult type of tracheoesophageal fistula to diagnose, because both eating and breathing are possible.

• The survival rate of infants with tracheoesophageal fistulas improved dramatically toward the end of the twentieth century.

• Tracheoesophageal fistulas are defects in development of the fetus that cannot be prevented.