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Background: Laparoscopic fundoplication is a new method for treating gastroesophageal reflux in children. We present 160 children with gastroesophageal reflux treated by laparoscopic fundoplication.
Methods: Patients underwent either a laparoscopic Nissen or Toupet fundoplication. Many patients also required gastrostomies and gastric outlet procedures.
Results: Twelve patients (7.5%) were converted to open fundoplication. Laparoscopic gastrostomies were placed in 112 patients (75.7%) and laparoscopic gastric outlet procedures in 62 patients (41.9%). Feedings were initiated by postoperative day 2 in 126 children (85.7%). Sixty-four percent were discharged by postoperative day 3. Complications occurred in 11 of 148 fundoplications (7.4%), in nine of 112 gastrostomies (8.0%), and in three of 62 gastric outlet procedures (4.8%). One patient died as a result of a surgical error in placing a gastrostomy (0.7%).
Conclusion: Laparoscopic fundoplication appears to foster a more rapid recovery and decreased hospital stay while maintaining complication rates similar to or better than open fundoplication.
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Received: 22 March 1996/Accepted: 12 June 1996
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Meehan, J.J., Georgeson, K.E. Laparoscopic fundoplication in infants and children. Surg Endosc 10, 1154–1157 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649900269
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