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Diagnosis and Management

Michael H. Schatzlein, MD; Thomas V. N. Ballantine, MD; S. Thirunavukkarasu, MB, BS; Joseph F. Fitzgerald, MD; Jay L. Grosfeld, MD

Arch Surg. 1979;114(4):505-510.

Abstract
• Eighty-three infants and children underwent surgical correction of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) from 1973 to 1978. Fifty-four patients had coexistent brain damage (most commonly due to cerebral palsy), eight were previously treated for esophageal atresia, and four had gastroschisis or omphalocele repair. Clinical presentation included failure to thrive in 64 patients, vomiting in 59, and recurrent bouts of aspiration pneumonitis in 43. Barium roentgenography showed GER in 61 patients, whereas additional tests (particularly pH monitoring) were required for detection of GER in 22 patients. After failure of medical management, transabdominal Nissen fundoplication was performed in 80 cases and a Hill repair in three cases. The surgical mortality was zero, but there were five late deaths. Results were considered excellent in 54 patients, good in 22 patients, and poor in seven. Ten of 12 patients with preoperative stricture responded to dilation after fundoplication. Nissen fundoplication was a safe and effective antireflux procedure in 76 of the 83 cases.

(Arch Surg 114:505-510, 1979)

Author Affiliations
From the Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery (Drs Schatzlein, Ballantine, and Grosfeld), and the Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics (Drs Thirunavukkarasu and Fitzgerald), Indiana University School of Medicine and the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 8, 1978.

Read before the 86th annual meeting of the Western Surgical Association, Scottsdale, Ariz, Nov 14, 1978.

Reprint requests to the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Rm K-21, 1100 W Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46223 (Dr Grosfeld).

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