<prompt> Multiple ileal atresias that have a string of sausage or string of beads appearance is classified as:Type 1Type 3 AType 3 BType 4  <response>: Surgical correction of the small intestinal atresia should be performed urgently. At laparotomy, one of several types of atresia will be encountered. In type I there is a mucosal atresia with intact muscularis. In type 1 the atretic ends are connected by a fibrous band. In type 3A the two ends of the atresia are separated by a V-shaped defect in the mesentery. Type 3B is an apple-peel deformity or Christmas tree deformity in which the bowel distal to the atresia receives its blood supply in a retrograde fashion from the ileocolic or right colic aery. In type 4 there are multiple atresias that have a string of sausage or string of beads appearance. Ref: Schwazs principle of surgery 9th edition, chapter 39. 