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A 3-year-old boy who had an esophageal stricture with short-bowel syndrome is reported. The stricture was suspected to have resulted from severe gastroesophageal reflux (GER) induced by a gastrostomy performed for enteral nutrition. Twenty-four-hour intraesophageal pH monitoring demonstrated improvement of the GER after the release of the gastrostomy fixation.
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Iinuma, Y., Nitta, K. Post-gastrostomy gastroesophageal reflux and peptic stricture of the esophagus relieved by releasing the gastrostomy fixation. Pediatr Surg Int 10, 494–495 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176396
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