{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,26]],"date-time":"2026-09-26T01:35:27Z","timestamp":1790386527947,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":36,"publisher":"BMJ","issue":"5","content-domain":{"domain":["bmj.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed"],"accepted":{"date-parts":[[2017,2,11]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,9]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Previous studies reported diminished growth after oesophageal atresia (OA) repair. We evaluated long-term follow-up data on growth.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Longitudinal cohort study up to 12\u2005years. Patients with OA, born 1999\u20132013, who participated in a longitudinal follow-up programme were included. Children with genetic syndromes associated with growth disorders were excluded. SD scores (SDS) for height-for-age (HFA), weight-for-height (WFH) and distance-to-target-height were calculated for routine visits (0.5\/1\/2\/5\/8\/12\u2005years). Linear mixed models were used to estimate SDS until 12\u2005years of age and to evaluate explanatory factors for growth.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We included 126\/155 children (32% prematurely born, 20% small for gestational age), 32 reached the age of 12\u2005years. Fundoplication surgery was performed in 24%. SDS-HFA was below normal up to 8\u2005years but improved over these years (mean (SE) \u22120.48 (0.09), \u22120.31 (0.09) and \u22120.20 (0.13) at 0.5, 8 and 12\u2005years). Scores improved after correction for target height (mean (SE) \u22120.29 (0.10), \u22120.17 (0.09) and \u22120.10 (0.14) at 0.5, 8 and 12\u2005years). SDS-WFH was below normal from age 1\u20135\u2005years (mean (SE) \u22120.53 (0.09), \u22120.24 (0.09) and 0.03 (0.14) at 1, 5 and 12\u2005years). Low birth weight and fundoplication surgery were negatively associated with growth.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The growth of patients with OA was below the reference norm during the first years of life, but normalised at 12\u2005years. Large longitudinal cohort studies should evaluate if normal growth persists into adolescence. Early nutritional assessment with timely dietary intervention should be considered especially in those with low birth weight or following fundoplication surgery.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/archdischild-2016-311598","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,14]],"date-time":"2017-03-14T20:45:26Z","timestamp":1489524326000},"page":"F417-F422","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Longitudinal evaluation of growth in oesophageal atresia patients up to 12\u2005years"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"102","author":[{"given":"Floor W T","family":"Vergouwe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Intensive Care and Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center\u2014Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands"},{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marjolein","family":"Spoel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Intensive Care and Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center\u2014Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicole W G","family":"van Beelen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Intensive Care and Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center\u2014Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saskia J","family":"Gischler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Intensive Care and Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center\u2014Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ren\u00e9 M H","family":"Wijnen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Intensive Care and Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center\u2014Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9187-244X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joost","family":"van Rosmalen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biostatistics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hanneke","family":"IJsselstijn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Intensive Care and Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center\u2014Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/archdischild-2011-300597"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"604","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jss.2014.04.033","article-title":"A nationwide analysis of clinical outcomes among newborns with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistulas in the United States","volume":"190","author":"Wang","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Surg Res"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"483","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2014.03.016","article-title":"Morbidity and mortality in patients with esophageal atresia","volume":"156","author":"Sulkowski","year":"2014","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"542","DOI":"10.1002\/bdra.23493","article-title":"Prevalence, characteristics, and survival of children with esophageal atresia: a 32-year population-based study including 1,417,724 consecutive newborns","volume":"106","author":"Cassina","year":"2016","journal-title":"Birth Defects Res Part A Clin Mol Teratol"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpedsurg.2008.09.027"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/archdischild-2012-301730"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"296","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0030-1249610","article-title":"Early and long term outcome in children with esophageal atresia treated over the last 22\u2005years","volume":"222","author":"Lacher","year":"2010","journal-title":"Klin Padiatr"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3345\/kjp.2010.53.6.705"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-3468(03)00110-6"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-3468(98)90003-3"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/adc.68.2.163"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/adc.65.1.84"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.13","first-page":"6","article-title":"Long-term prognosis of successfully operated oesophageal atresia-with aspects on physical and psychological development","volume":"39","author":"Lindahl","year":"1984","journal-title":"Z Kinderchir"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-3468(83)80195-X"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"469","DOI":"10.1097\/MPG.0000000000000961","article-title":"Insufficient body weight of adults born with esophageal atresia","volume":"62","author":"Presse","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Menzies J , Hughes J , Leach S , et al . Prevalence of malnutrition and feeding difficulties in children with esophageal atresia. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2016. doi:10.1097\/MPG.0000000000001436","DOI":"10.1097\/MPG.0000000000001436"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpedsurg.2008.12.019"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.18","unstructured":"Gross RE . The surgery of infancy and childhood. Philadelphia: W B Saunders Company, 1953:441\u20134."},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.19","first-page":"754","article-title":"The need for pediatric surgeons as determined by the volume of work and the mode of delivery of surgical care","volume":"76","author":"Ravitch","year":"1974","journal-title":"Surgery"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpeds.2013.10.086"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.earlhumdev.2009.09.008"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.mpg.0000361306.15727.54"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/pr.2012.189"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.24","unstructured":"Talma H , Sch\u00f6nbeck Y , Bakker B , et al . Groeidiagrammen 2010: Handleiding bij het meten en wegen van kinderen en het invullen van groeidiagrammen. Leiden: TNO innovation for life, 2010."},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e0124686","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0124686","article-title":"Trend in height of Turkish and Moroccan children living in the Netherlands","volume":"10","author":"Sch\u00f6nbeck","year":"2015","journal-title":"PLoS ONE"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/archdischild-2011-301095"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.27","unstructured":"World Health Organization. Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLIS) country profile indicators: interpretation guide. 10 October 2012, ed. Geneva: WHO Document Production Services, 2010."},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fitzmaurice GM , Laird NM , Ware JH . Applied longitudinal analysis. 2nd edn. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.","DOI":"10.1002\/9781119513469"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.29","unstructured":"Hair JFJ , Anderson RE , Tatham RL , et al . Multivariate data analysis. 4th edn. with readings: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1995."},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.30","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nut.2010.06.001"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.31","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1975","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpedsurg.2012.07.044","article-title":"Respiratory morbidity and growth after open thoracotomy or thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia","volume":"47","author":"Spoel","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Pediatr Surg"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.32","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/nyas.12314"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"120","DOI":"10.3389\/fnins.2013.00120","article-title":"The influence of maternal prenatal and early childhood nutrition and maternal prenatal stress on offspring immune system development and neurodevelopmental disorders","volume":"7","author":"Marques","year":"2013","journal-title":"Front Neurosci"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.34","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.earlhumdev.2010.06.014"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"610","DOI":"10.1111\/apa.13356","article-title":"Marginally low birthweight increases the risk of underweight and short stature at three and a half years of age","volume":"105","author":"Berglund","year":"2016","journal-title":"Acta Paediatr"},{"key":"2025090504003273000_102.5.F417.36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"474","DOI":"10.1097\/MPG.0000000000001000","article-title":"Nutritional intake, energy expenditure, and growth of infants following congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair","volume":"62","author":"Haliburton","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr"}],"container-title":["Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/syndication.highwire.org\/content\/doi\/10.1136\/archdischild-2016-311598","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,5]],"date-time":"2025-09-05T11:00:40Z","timestamp":1757070040000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/fn.bmj.com\/lookup\/doi\/10.1136\/archdischild-2016-311598"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,14]]},"references-count":36,"journal-issue":{"issue":"5","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,18]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,9]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1136\/archdischild-2016-311598"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/archdischild-2016-311598","relation":{},"ISSN":["1359-2998","1468-2052"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1359-2998","type":"print"},{"value":"1468-2052","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,14]]}}}