Trends in the management and outcome of jejuno-ileal atresia
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Trends in the management and outcome of jejuno-ileal atresia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate contemporary patterns of presentation and trends in the management and outcome of newborn infants with jejuno-ileal atresia at a regional paediatric surgical centre in the United Kingdom. The hospital neonatal surgical registry was used to identify patients with jejuno-ileal atresia (n = 83) admitted between 1976 - 1998, excluding those associated with gastroschisis. The clinical records were reviewed and antenatal information, patient demographics, associated anomalies, operative treatment, post-operative management and outcomes were analysed in three time periods to identify trends in management and survival: Group 1 1976 - 1982 (n = 32), Group 2 1983 - 1990 (n = 21), and Group 3 1991 - 1998 (n = 30). Overall survival was 90 %. The number of patients with associated anomalies were Group 1, 10 (31 %); Group 2, 7 (33 %); and Group 3, 11 (37 %). Cystic fibrosis was encountered in 4 (13 %), 1 (5 %) and 4 (13 %) patients, respectively. Resection with primary anastomosis was the definitive management in most of patients: Group 1, 25 (78 %); Group 2, 17 (81 %); and Group 3, 27 (90 %). Initial stoma followed by delayed primary anastomosis was performed in 14 infants; eight patients had divided stomas while 6 had Bishop-Koop stoma. Tapering was used in 10 patients (12 %) with proximal jejuno-ileal atresia. Parenteral nutrition was increasingly utilised over the three time periods studied. There were no deaths in Group 3 compared to 6 deaths in Group 1 and 2 in Group 2 (P = 0.02). Most of the deaths were due to overwhelming sepsis. Mortality did not correlate significantly with the TYPE of atresia, presence of associated anomalies or the need for long-term total parenteral nutrition. The overall complication rate in survivors was 18 %. In the infants undergoing Bishop-Koop operation the complication rate was 50 %. This study has shown a significant reduction in mortality from jejuno-ileal atresia, which may be attributed primarily to advances in perioperative management, including parenteral nutrition. Generous resection of the atretic segment with primary anastomosis is more frequently employed in preference to initial stoma formation. Cystic fibrosis remains an important co-morbid condition that must be excluded promptly in all newborns.
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