Associations of perioperative characteristics with motor function in preschool children born with esophageal atresia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children born with esophageal atresia experience long-term neurodevelopmental deficits, with unknown origin.

Aims

To find associations between perioperative variables during primary esophageal atresia repair and motor function at age 5 years.

Methods

This ambidirectional cohort study included children born with esophageal atresia who consecutively had been operated on in the Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, from January 2007 through June 2013. The perioperative data of this cohort were collected retrospectively; the motor function data prospectively.

Results

After exclusion of patients with syndromal congenital diseases (n = 8) and lost to follow-up (n = 10), the data of 53 children were included. The mean

SUBMITTER: van Hoorn CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8362197 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature