PMID: 9537560Apr 16, 1998Paper

Impaired gastric emptying in children with repaired esophageal atresia: a controlled study

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
M MontgomeryB Frenckner

Abstract

Scintigraphy is considered the "gold standard" for investigating gastric emptying. The lack of standards regarding registration technique and meal composition has been a problem especially in pediatric patients. In this study, gastric emptying of a solid meal was assessed by scintigraphy in 10 patients with repaired esophageal atresia (5 to 10 years old), and the results were compared with those in 11 healthy control children (5 to 11 years old). The meal consisted of pancakes with a fixed energy composition labeled with Tc-99m. Fractional meal retention values were plotted as a function of time. Half-emptying time and lag phase values were longer in the patient group, whereas the emptying rate was slower and the retention values at 60 and 90 minutes were higher than in the control group. Extremely long lag phase and slow emptying rates were seen in two patients with reflux symptoms and abdominal complaints. Gastric emptying in healthy children has not previously been studied by scintigraphy. The results of this study show that values for gastric emptying of solids in healthy children correspond well to those reported in healthy adults. Scintigraphy is an easy and reliable method for gastric emptying studies in children. The ra...Continue Reading

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