[Percutaneous gastrostomy: when should antireflux surgery be associated?].

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

Percutaneus gastrostomy placement is a procedure widely performed in children with failure to thrive or intolerance to oral feeding. At the moment of making the indication, the need of an antir-reflux surgery in the same procedure comes to question. The aim of this study was to analyse which preoperative factors are associated with a higher risk of a posterior fundoplication.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:

We realized a retrospective review of 67 patients divided in 2 groups (cases and controls) in which a percutaneus gastrostomy (PEG) had been made by our service in the period of 1997 to 2008. We compared these two groups: Group A (n=11) - patients with severe gastroesophageal reflux who required a Nissen procedure afterwards; Group B (n=56) - patients who kept without reflux after PEG. We analyzed the different preoperative factors that could have been in association to severe reflux after gastrostomy.

RESULTS:

Mean age at the moment of undergoing PEG was 15 months. Mean time of follow up was 3,5 years. Only neurological impairment and documented reflux pregastrostomy were associated with the need of an antirreflux surgery after PEG.

CONCLUSIONS:

Neurological impairment and documented pregastrosotmy GER could be an indication of concurrent antirreflux surgery at the time of gastrostomy.

• Authors: C Corona, A Cañizo, J Cerda, A Laín, M Fanjul, N Carrera, A Tardáguila, M A García-Casillas, A Parente, E Molina, J A Matute, D Peláez
• Journal: Cirugia pediatrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Pediatrica (Cir Pediatr) Vol. 23 Issue 3 Pg. 189-92 (Jul 2010) ISSN: 0214-1221 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Gastrostomía percutánea: ¿cuándo asociar cirugía antirreflujo?
• PMID: 23155668 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Gastroesophageal Reflux (surgery)
• Gastrostomy (methods)
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Retrospective Studies