Abstract
This report describes our experience with esophagogastric disconnection and Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in seven neurologically impaired children as a second antireflux operation following failed Nissen fundoplication. After a mean follow-up of 3 years, three children (43\%) were completely or almost completely symptom-free and had improved nutritional status. Early complications occurred in three patients (43\%): small bowel obstruction, wound infection, and necrosis of the Roux-en-Y loop. Three patients (43\%) presented long-term complications: jejunoesophageal bile reflux and bile reflux with gastric irritation. Two patients required reoperation (28\%), and two deaths occurred in the postoperative period (28\%). In three previous reports in the surgical literature, severe postoperative complications occurred in 0-44\%, requiring reoperation in 0-22\% of the patients, and the mortality rate was 0-11\%. Esophagogastric disconnection for the treatment of GERD in neurologically impaired children is associated with major complications and should be considered after more conservative procedures fail.
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