title: Esophageal dysmotility is present before surgery in isolated tracheoesophageal fistula.
abstract: After surgical correction of esophageal atresia with or without tracheoesophageal fistula, esophageal body motility dysfunction has been reported in nearly all patients. Using high-resolution esophageal manometry before surgical repair in 2 children with isolated tracheoesophageal fistula, we sought to determine whether dysmotility was present before any surgical insult to test the hypothesis that dysmotility associated with esophageal atresia with or without tracheoesophageal fistula is related to intrinsic primary factors linked to abnormal development of the esophagus. Both had an abnormal esophageal motility: one exhibited hypomotility with distal contraction, whereas the other showed a complete aperistalsis pattern. This suggests that esophageal dysmotility is congenital in nature rather than secondary to surgery.
authors.affiliation: *Division of Pediatric Surgery †Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemoine
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aspirot
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faure
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003679:Deglutition / Q000502:physiology; D004933:Esophageal Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D015154:Esophageal Motility Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008365:Manometry; D013997:Time Factors; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery