Incidence of malnutrition, esophageal stenosis and respiratory complications among children with repaired esophageal atresia

Askarpour, Shahnam; Peyvasteh, Mehran; DASHTYAN, Mozhgan; Javaherizadeh, Hazhir; Ahmadi, Mitra; Ali-Samir, Mohsen

doi:10.1590/0102-672020190001e1486

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“…EBD therapy helped to achieve a greater improvement in nutritional status (weight-for-age) in the majority of the patients similar to the study, which was conducted in Taiwan (13) . Underweight was frequent among children with repaired esophageal atresia (14) . In the current study, weight-for-age z score was improved following EBD.…”

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Efficacy of Endoscopic Balloon Dilation in Iranian Pediatric Patients With Esophageal Stricture

Ahmadi

MANZARI-TAVAKOLI

Javaherizadeh

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Arq. Gastroenterol.

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BACKGROUND: Esophageal stenosis (ES) in children is a fixed intrinsic narrowing of the esophagus due to numerous aetiologies. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the clinical and nutritional impacts of endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) in Iranian children with an esophageal stricture. METHODS: This retrospective study, pediatric patients (aged <18 years) who underwent EBD for esophageal stricture from April 2015 until March 2020 in Abuzar Children’s Hospital (Ahvaz, Iran) were enrolled in the study. Outcome parameters were the frequency of dilations, nutritional status, complications, and clinical success rates. EBD was used in children with radiologic evidence of esophageal stenosis. The nutritional status was evaluated by weight-for-age (z-score). Clinical success was considered as no necessity of EBD for a minimum of one year and/or increasing interval among dilation and the frequency of EBD was less than four times per year. RESULTS: A total of 53 cases (mean age, 4.72±3.38 years) were enrolled. There were 25 (47.2%) females and 28 (52.8%) males. During follow-up, a total of 331 EBD sessions were performed, with an average of 6.24 sessions per patient. There was one case of perforation and one case of mediastinitis, while there was no other complication or mortality. The clinical success rate of EBD therapy was 62.3% (33/53). The mean standard deviation z-score weight-for-age of patients before and after endoscopic dilation was 2.78 (2.41) and 1.18 (1.87), respectively. The t-test showed a significant difference between the weights-for-age (z-score) before and after endoscopic dilation. The majority of the patients had raised weight-for-age (z-score) after EBD treatment. CONCLUSION: EBD attained a good clinical success rate and nutritional improvement in children with an esophageal stricture.

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