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Congenital microgastria in a premature infant
S L Moulton1, M Bouvet, F P Lynch
1Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
The authors report the case of a 1,500-g baby boy with microgastria, vascular ring, tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), and the VATER association. Despite repair of the TEF and placement of a gastrostomy tube, he failed to thrive and had recurrent bouts of aspiration pneumonia. Gastric augmentation at 8 months of age resolved the feeding problems, and he now has a normal diet.