Louise Montalva, Elisabeth Carricaburu, Rony Sfeir, Virginie Fouquet, Naziha Khen-Dunlop, Frederic Hameury, Nicoleta Panait, Alexis Arnaud, Hubert Lardy, Françoise Schmitt, Christian Piolat, Frederic Lavrand, Quentin Ballouhey, Aurélien Scalabre, Erik Hervieux, Jean-Luc Michel, Isabelle Germouty, Philippe Buisson, Frederic Elbaz, Jean-Francois Lecompte, Thierry Petit, Audrey Guinot, Olivier Abbo, Emmanuel Sapin, François Becmeur, Dominique Forgues, Maguelonne Pons, Arnaud Fotso Kamdem, Nicolas Berte, Marie Auger-Hunault, Alexandra Benachi, Arnaud Bonnard
INTRODUCTION: Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the most frequent long-term morbidity of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) survivors. Performing a preventive fundoplication during CDH repair remains controversial. This study aimed to: (1) Analyze the variability in practices regarding preventive fundoplication; (2) Identify predictive factors for fundoplication. (3) Evaluate the impact of preventive fundoplication on gastro-intestinal outcomes in children with a CDH patch repair; METHODS: This prospective multi-institutional cohort study (French CDH Registry) included CDH neonates born in France between January 1st, 2010-December 31st, 2018...
December 2022: Journal of Pediatric Surgery