Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9373494 | Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Cutaneous electrogastrography is a noninvasive, harmless method for obtaining indirect information about the motor function of the stomach. The abnormal changes in physiological gastric myoelectrical activity in EA patients can serve as markers of disturbed neuromuscular function and can play a role in the pathogenesis of feeding disturbances after operative correction of EA. Gastroesophageal reflux, which often occurs after surgical repair of EA, seems to be connected not only with disordered gastric myoelectric activity, but also probably with other factors such as artificially straightened esophagogastric angle or brachyesophagus.
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Authors
János Bókay, Ãva Kis, Tibor Verebély,