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  • A study discusses twelve patients who experienced gastroesophageal reflux after undergoing surgery for esophageal atresia.
  • The reflux led to various complications, including strictures, failure to thrive, recurrent lung infections, and severe outcomes such as respiratory arrest in one case.
  • Treatment options like positional therapy and fundoplication were found to be less effective in these patients compared to those with gastroesophageal reflux and a normal esophagus, with one patient dying from complications after fundoplication.

Article Abstract

Twelve patients with gastroesophageal reflux following repair of esophageal atresia are presented. Reflux produced recurrent stricture, failure to thrive, repeated pneumonitis, and in one patient, respiratory arrest and nearly death. Treatment consists of positional therapy or fundoplication operation both of which seem less successful in this combination of lesions than with GER and a normal esophagus. There was one death as a late postoperative complication of fundoplication.

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