Abstract
ABSTRACT Background: Esophageal atresia is congenital anomaly with high mortality. Surgical complications and changes in nutritional status are common problems after surgical correction. Aim: To evaluate nutritional status, esophageal stenosis, and respiratory complications among children who had repaired esophageal atresia. Methods: Children aged >2 months old with repaired esophageal atresia were included in the current study. Gender, age, weight, and height were recorded for each case. Height for age and weight for age were calculated for each case. Results: According to weight for length percentile, 41.02% of the cases were underweight. Esophageal stenosis was seen in 54.76% of the obtained esophagograms. Conclusion: Underweight was present in 41.02 of the patients according to weight-for-height percentile.
Highlights
Esophageal atresia is a congenital anomaly with estimate prevalence about 1/2500-3000 live births[13]
Our results showed, according to weight for length percentile, undernutrition present among 41.02% of children with repaired esophageal atresia
In repaired esophageal atresia malnutrition was seen in 41.02%, esophageal stenosis in 54.7% and respiratory problems in 34.14% of the cases
Summary
Esophageal atresia is a congenital anomaly with estimate prevalence about 1/2500-3000 live births[13]. Mortality on it has decreased from 75% to 58% in our setting[10]. Complication of repaired esophageal atresia and nutritional status of the living child is the most important problem in our hospital. There are few published researches with the focus on nutritional status among the children with repaired esophageal atresia. The aim of this study was to evaluate malnutrition rate among children with repaired esophageal atresia
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