Abstract
Congenital microgastria is a rare disorder with only 59 previously reported cases in the literature. The best results are achieved by definitive surgery in the form of a Hunt-Lawrence (HL) jejunal pouch for gastric augmentation. Only 12 patients have previously undergone a HL pouch for microgastria. Long-term results after a HL pouch are not well known. We report a patient who underwent a HL pouch 18 years ago, now having a good quality of life and eating normal meals, though having a suboptimal somatic growth. It is likely that long-term results can be optimized by early gastric augmentation with a HL pouch.
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