title: [Peptic complications of gastroesophageal reflux in children. Apropos of 62 cases].
abstract: This paper describes 62 cases of peptic complications due to gastro-oesophageal reflux in infants and children at the Children's Hospital in Tunis over a 20 years period. The age of the patients ranged from 6 months to 14 years with a majority of males. Failure to thrive, anemia and respiratory complications were the most common features. Upper gastro-intestinal series and endoscopy were performed in all patients and showed the presence of associated hiatus hernia in 53 patients, oesophagitis in 62 and oesophageal stricture in 33. All patients had a primary course of medical treatment. Fifty-three patients required Nissen's fundoplication. Thirty-one patients required oesophageal dilatation. A complete cure of the structures was achieved in all patients but 7. In the whole series, 4 children died.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital d'Enfants, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaouachi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Salah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Helioui
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lakhoua
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saied
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004106:Dilatation; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004942:Esophagitis, Peptic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Les complications peptiques du reflux gastro-oesophagien chez l'enfant. A propos de 62 cas.