Dysphagia in Patients Undergoing Esophageal Atresia Surgery:Risk Factors and Strategies for Management
10.3969/j.issn.1006-7299.2025.01.003
- VernacularTitle:先天性食管闭锁患儿术后吞咽困难危险因素分析
- Author:
Shuangshuang LI
1
;
Chuanping XIE
;
Yong ZHAO
;
Junmin LIAO
;
Hengxin LIU
;
Jinshi HUANG
Author Information
1. 国家儿童医学中心首都医科大学附属北京儿童医院新生儿外科(北京 100045)
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Dysphagia;
Congenital esophageal atresia;
Risk factors;
Children
- From:
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology
2025;33(1):12-17
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the occurrence of dysphagia in patients with congenital esophageal atre-sia(EA)after surgery and study the associated risk factors.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical data of 103 children who underwent surgery for congenital EA at Beijing Children's Hospital,Capital Medi-cal University,from July 2016 to August 2023.Results A total of 103 eligible cases of congenital EA were includ-ed in this study,among which 74 cases experienced dysphagia,with an incidence rate of 71.8%.Single-factor anal-ysis revealed that primary surgery(x2=4.017,P=0.045),endoscopic surgery(x2=8.315,P=0.004),long-seg-ment defects(x2=10.975,P<0.001),gastroesophageal reflux(x2=16.973,P<0.001),vocal cord paralysis(x2=4.017,P=0.045),tracheomalacia(x2=5.778,P=0.016),and arytenoid movement disorder(x2=10.420,P=0.001)were significantly associated with postoperative dysphagia.Further binary logistic regression analysis indi-cated that endoscopic surgery(OR=24.373,P=0.016),tracheomalacia(OR=17.556,P=0.010),and anasto-motic stenosis(OR=20.453,P=0.032)were independent risk factors for increased incidence of postoperative dys-phagia.Moreover,stratified analysis of dysphagia duration using unordered multinomial logistic regression revealed that tracheomalacia(OR=16.883,P=0.007;OR=4.337,P=0.045),long-segment defects(OR=0.040,P=0.049;OR=0.040,P=0.036),and arytenoid movement disorder(OR=0.127,P=0.039;OR=0.510,P=0.028)were closely associated with dysphagia duration.Conclusion Dysphagia is a common symptom in children with congenital EA after surgery across all age groups.Endoscopic surgery,long-segment defects,tracheomalacia,and anastomotic stenosis are independent factors contributing to postoperative dysphagia.Additionally,tracheoma-lacia,long-segment defects,and arytenoid movement disorder are closely related to the duration of dysphagia.