TOF/OA complication profile of infants in WA from 2000 to 2016
Complications | n (%) |
Gastrointestinal | |
AS | 53 (52) |
ROS | 37 (36) |
Acute food bolus obstruction | 13 (13) |
GORD | 42 (41) |
Normal biopsy | 8 (19) |
Non-EoE | 18 (43) |
EoE | 16 (38) |
PPI non-response | 11 (69) |
PPI response | 5 (31) |
GORD management (n=42) | |
Medical therapy | 36 (86) |
Fundoplication | 6 (14) |
Dysphagia | 29 (28) |
Oesophageal dysmotility | 31 (30) |
TOF recurrence | 4 (4) |
Respiratory | |
Tracheomalacia | 48 (47) |
Severe tracheomalacia | 5 (5) |
Aortopexy | 1 (1) |
Tracheostomy | 4 (4) |
Vocal cord palsy | 2 (2) |
RRTI | 40 (39) |
Ventilatory defects (TOF cough) | 37 (36) |
Tracheal narrowing | 2 (2) |
AS, anastomotic oesophageal stricture; EoE, eosinophilic oesophagitis; GORD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; OA, oesophageal atresia; PPI, proton pump inhibitor; ROS, refractory oesophageal stricture; RRTI, recurrent respiratory tract infection; TOF, tracheoesophageal fistula; WA, Western Australia.