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It includes all newborns aged 1\u201328 days with malformations of the gastrointestinal tract between 1\n st<\/jats:sup>\n January 2014 and 31\n st<\/jats:sup>\n December2018, at the Paediatric Surgery Department of Aristide Le Dantec University Hospital in Dakar. Data were collected by studying patient's records and surgical procedures.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n During the five-year study, 405 newborns with congenital anomalies were admitted to our hospital. A total of 126 newborns were diagnosed with gastrointestinal tract malformations. The incidence was 25.2 cases a year. The sex distribution was 74 boys (58.7%) and 52 girls (41.2%). The mean age at diagnosis was 7.4 \u00b1 3.2 days. Two cases were diagnosed antenatal (1.59%). The mean time to post-natal diagnosis was 6.5 \u00b1 2.1 days. The most common malformation was oesophageal atresia with 43 cases (34.1%). The average time between diagnosis and surgery was 48 h. Out of the 126 cases, 77 (61.1%) received surgery and 49 (38.9%) died before surgery. The main causes of pre-operative death were intricate and dominated by lung infections (42.9%). Among the 77 newborns, who received surgery, 38 (%) had a simple post-operative course, 39 (50.6 %) died. Post-operative deaths were dominated by anaesthetic complications (30.8%), lung infections (46.1%). 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