ArticlePediatric surgery international2022
Is postoperative transanastomotic feeding beneficial in neonates with congenital duodenal obstruction?
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- Congenital duodenal obstruction repair with and without transanastomotic tube feeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2024Pooled it
- Cardiac anomalies in children with congenital duodenal obstruction: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Pediatric surgery international · 2023Pooled it
- Clinicians' post-operative feeding decisions for infants with congenital duodenal obstruction and trans-anastomotic tube usage: a qualitative interview and focus group study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of neonates with congenital duodenal obstruction: a 10-year experience of trans-anastomotic tube use at a tertiary center in Oman.World journal of pediatric surgery · 2026Article
- Exploring the current usage of and attitudes towards transanastomotic tube (TAT) feeding in infants born with duodenal atresia: a survey of practice in the UK.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Enhanced recovery protocol for congenital duodenal obstruction - initial experiences with development and implementation.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeWe aimed to evaluate possible positive and negative effects of postoperative use of transanastomotic feeding tube (TAFT) in neonates operated for congenital duodenal obstruction (CDO).
methodsThis is a retrospective study reviewing medical records of neonates operated for CDO during 2003-2020 and comparing postoperative feeding outcomes and complications in patients with and without TAFT. Approval from the hospital's data protection officer was obtained.
resultsOne hundred patients, 59% girls, were included, and 37% received TAFT. Mean birth weight and gestational age were 2628 (675.1) grams and 36.6 (2.4) weeks, respectively. Furthermore, 45% had no other malformations, and 36% had Down syndrome. Patient demographics were similar for TAFT and not-TAFT patients, except that not-TAFT neonates weighed median 335 g less (p = 0.013). The TAFT group got parenteral nutrition 2 days shorter (p < 0.001) and started enteral feeds 1.5 days earlier (p < 0.001) than the not-TAFT group. Fewer neonates with TAFT got a central venous catheter [65 vs 89%, (p = 0.008)]. In the TAFT group, 67% were breast fed at discharge compared to 49% in the not-TAFT group (p = 0.096).
conclusionNeonates with TAFT had earlier first enteral feed, fewer days with parenteral nutrition and fewer placements of central venous catheters.
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