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Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux After Esophageal Atresia Repair

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Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in infants, also known as chalasia of infancy, represents a common physiological phenomenon during the first year of life [1–3]. Regurgitation occurs more than once a day in 60–70 % of 3–4-month-old infants and decreases to approximately 20 % in infants between 6 and 7 months of age. By 10–12 months of age, less than 10 % of infants experience regurgitation [4–6].

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  1. Department of Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA

    Janine N. Pettiford MD

  2. Phoenix Children’s Hospital, 1919 E Thomas Rd, Phoenix, Arizona, 85016, USA

    Daniel J. Ostlie MD

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  1. Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Holger Till

  2. Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Paediatric Gastroenterology Centre, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Mike Thomson

  3. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    John E. Foker

  4. Department Surgery, University of Missouri, Kansas City Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

    George W. Holcomb III

  5. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Khalid M. Khan

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Pettiford, J.N., Ostlie, D.J. (2017). Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux After Esophageal Atresia Repair. In: Till, H., Thomson, M., Foker, J., Holcomb III, G., Khan, K. (eds) Esophageal and Gastric Disorders in Infancy and Childhood. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11202-7_43

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