Oesophageal Atresia—Critical Study of the Literature and Report on Sixteen Cases

Oesophageal Atresia, by A. P. M. Rutten, is a short paper-back book which exhaustively reviews the literature on esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. A minor section of the book gives the author's experience with sixteen cases. The material is well arranged and clearly presented. Many interesting facts are included in this work, such as the incidence of anomalies in relation to the position of the esophageal fistula in the tracheobronchial tree. For example, when the esophageal fistula enters the trachea at the carina or below, the incidence of associated anomalies is greater than when the fistula enters above the carina.