PURPOSE: To examine the quality of life after repair of @entity1152 , follow-up studies were performed in 58 of 71 surviving @entity1 (81.7%). METHODS: Fifty @entity1 with primary @entity254 and all eight surviving @entity1 with colon interposition were seen. The mean age was 25.3 years (range, 20 to 31). Symptoms were evaluated by a standardized interview. Quality of life assessment was performed using a visual analogue scale (0 to 100 points), the Spitzer Index (5 dimensions, 10 points), and the Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI, 5 dimensions, 128 points). RESULTS: After primary @entity254 the estimated meal capacity was unrestricted in 46 @entity1 (92%), but numerous symptoms such as recidivating cough (60%), hold up (48%), and short breath (30%) were reported. All symptoms except cough were seen more frequently in @entity1 with colon interposition, and all of these @entity1 suffered from periods of short breath. Quality of life scores were higher in @entity1 with primary @entity254 compared with colon interposition. The difference in the visual analogue scale score did not reach statistical significance, but the mean Spitzer Index was 9.7 compared with 8.8 after colon interposition (P < .05). The GIQLI after primary @entity254 was similar to that in healthy controls and was significantly lower in @entity1 with colon interposition. This was because of specific symptoms, which scored 49.3 after colon interposition compared with 61.7 after primary @entity254 (P < .05) and to 54.8 (SD 5) in healthy controls (P < .05). Physical and social functions, emotions, and inconvenience of a medical treatment scored similar in @entity1 with primary @entity254 , colon interposition, and healthy volunteers. CONCLUSIONS: The long-term quality of life after primary @entity254 was excellent. @entity1 with colon interposition suffer more frequently from various @entity344 , but they lead an otherwise normal life.

Quality of life more than 20 years after repair of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity254 :: ('MESH:C563598', 'Disease') :: ['anastomosis'] @entity344 :: ('MESH:D005767', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms'] @entity1152 :: ('MESH:D004933', 'Disease') :: ['esophageal atresia']
@entity1152 :: (MESH:D004933,Disease) :: ['esophageal atresia']
