European study showed that children with congenital anomalies often underwent multiple surgical procedures at different ages across Europe

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European study showed that children with congenital anomalies often underwent multiple surgical procedures at different ages across Europe. / Garne, Ester; Loane, Maria; Tan, Joachim; Ballardini, Elisa; Brigden, Joanna; Cavero-Carbonell, Clara; Coi, Alessio; Damkjaer, Mads; Garcia-Villodre, Laura; Gissler, Mika; Given, Joanne; Heino, Anna; Jordan, Sue; Limb, Elizabeth; Neville, Amanda; Rissmann, Anke; Santoro, Michele; Scanlon, Ieuan; Urhoj, Stine Kjaer; Wellesley, Diana; Morris, Joan.

In: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), Vol. 112, No. 6, 2023, p. 1304-1311.

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Garne, E, Loane, M, Tan, J, Ballardini, E, Brigden, J, Cavero-Carbonell, C, Coi, A, Damkjaer, M, Garcia-Villodre, L, Gissler, M, Given, J, Heino, A, Jordan, S, Limb, E, Neville, A, Rissmann, A, Santoro, M, Scanlon, I, Urhoj, SK, Wellesley, D & Morris, J 2023, 'European study showed that children with congenital anomalies often underwent multiple surgical procedures at different ages across Europe', Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), vol. 112, no. 6, pp. 1304-1311. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16726

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Garne, E., Loane, M., Tan, J., Ballardini, E., Brigden, J., Cavero-Carbonell, C., Coi, A., Damkjaer, M., Garcia-Villodre, L., Gissler, M., Given, J., Heino, A., Jordan, S., Limb, E., Neville, A., Rissmann, A., Santoro, M., Scanlon, I., Urhoj, S. K., ... Morris, J. (2023). European study showed that children with congenital anomalies often underwent multiple surgical procedures at different ages across Europe. Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), 112(6), 1304-1311. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16726

Vancouver

Garne E, Loane M, Tan J, Ballardini E, Brigden J, Cavero-Carbonell C et al. European study showed that children with congenital anomalies often underwent multiple surgical procedures at different ages across Europe. Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). 2023;112(6):1304-1311. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16726

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Garne, Ester ; Loane, Maria ; Tan, Joachim ; Ballardini, Elisa ; Brigden, Joanna ; Cavero-Carbonell, Clara ; Coi, Alessio ; Damkjaer, Mads ; Garcia-Villodre, Laura ; Gissler, Mika ; Given, Joanne ; Heino, Anna ; Jordan, Sue ; Limb, Elizabeth ; Neville, Amanda ; Rissmann, Anke ; Santoro, Michele ; Scanlon, Ieuan ; Urhoj, Stine Kjaer ; Wellesley, Diana ; Morris, Joan. / European study showed that children with congenital anomalies often underwent multiple surgical procedures at different ages across Europe. In: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). 2023 ; Vol. 112, No. 6. pp. 1304-1311.

Bibtex

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title = "European study showed that children with congenital anomalies often underwent multiple surgical procedures at different ages across Europe",
abstract = "AIM: Children with congenital anomalies often require surgery but data on the burden of surgery for these children are limited.METHODS: A population-based record-linkage study in Finland, Wales and regions of Denmark, England, Italy and Spain. A total of 91,504 children with congenital anomalies born in 1995-2014 were followed to their tenth birthday or the end of 2015. Electronic linkage to hospital databases provided data on in-patient surgical procedures and meta-analyses of surgical procedures were performed by age groups.RESULTS: The percentage of children having surgery in the first year was 38% with some differences across regions and 14% also underwent surgery at age 1-4 years. Regional differences in age at the time of their first surgical procedure were observed for children with cleft palate, hydronephrosis, hypospadias, clubfoot and craniosynostosis. The children had a median of 2.0 (95%CI1.98,2.02) surgical procedures before age five years with children with oesophageal atresia having the highest median number of procedures (4.5; 95% CI 3.3, 5.8).CONCLUSION: A third of children with congenital anomalies required surgery during infancy and often more than one procedure was needed before age five years. There was no European consensus on the preferred age for surgery for some anomalies.",
author = "Ester Garne and Maria Loane and Joachim Tan and Elisa Ballardini and Joanna Brigden and Clara Cavero-Carbonell and Alessio Coi and Mads Damkjaer and Laura Garcia-Villodre and Mika Gissler and Joanne Given and Anna Heino and Sue Jordan and Elizabeth Limb and Amanda Neville and Anke Rissmann and Michele Santoro and Ieuan Scanlon and Urhoj, {Stine Kjaer} and Diana Wellesley and Joan Morris",
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doi = "10.1111/apa.16726",
language = "English",
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T1 - European study showed that children with congenital anomalies often underwent multiple surgical procedures at different ages across Europe

AU - Garne, Ester

AU - Loane, Maria

AU - Tan, Joachim

AU - Ballardini, Elisa

AU - Brigden, Joanna

AU - Cavero-Carbonell, Clara

AU - Coi, Alessio

AU - Damkjaer, Mads

AU - Garcia-Villodre, Laura

AU - Gissler, Mika

AU - Given, Joanne

AU - Heino, Anna

AU - Jordan, Sue

AU - Limb, Elizabeth

AU - Neville, Amanda

AU - Rissmann, Anke

AU - Santoro, Michele

AU - Scanlon, Ieuan

AU - Urhoj, Stine Kjaer

AU - Wellesley, Diana

AU - Morris, Joan

N1 - This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - AIM: Children with congenital anomalies often require surgery but data on the burden of surgery for these children are limited.METHODS: A population-based record-linkage study in Finland, Wales and regions of Denmark, England, Italy and Spain. A total of 91,504 children with congenital anomalies born in 1995-2014 were followed to their tenth birthday or the end of 2015. Electronic linkage to hospital databases provided data on in-patient surgical procedures and meta-analyses of surgical procedures were performed by age groups.RESULTS: The percentage of children having surgery in the first year was 38% with some differences across regions and 14% also underwent surgery at age 1-4 years. Regional differences in age at the time of their first surgical procedure were observed for children with cleft palate, hydronephrosis, hypospadias, clubfoot and craniosynostosis. The children had a median of 2.0 (95%CI1.98,2.02) surgical procedures before age five years with children with oesophageal atresia having the highest median number of procedures (4.5; 95% CI 3.3, 5.8).CONCLUSION: A third of children with congenital anomalies required surgery during infancy and often more than one procedure was needed before age five years. There was no European consensus on the preferred age for surgery for some anomalies.

AB - AIM: Children with congenital anomalies often require surgery but data on the burden of surgery for these children are limited.METHODS: A population-based record-linkage study in Finland, Wales and regions of Denmark, England, Italy and Spain. A total of 91,504 children with congenital anomalies born in 1995-2014 were followed to their tenth birthday or the end of 2015. Electronic linkage to hospital databases provided data on in-patient surgical procedures and meta-analyses of surgical procedures were performed by age groups.RESULTS: The percentage of children having surgery in the first year was 38% with some differences across regions and 14% also underwent surgery at age 1-4 years. Regional differences in age at the time of their first surgical procedure were observed for children with cleft palate, hydronephrosis, hypospadias, clubfoot and craniosynostosis. The children had a median of 2.0 (95%CI1.98,2.02) surgical procedures before age five years with children with oesophageal atresia having the highest median number of procedures (4.5; 95% CI 3.3, 5.8).CONCLUSION: A third of children with congenital anomalies required surgery during infancy and often more than one procedure was needed before age five years. There was no European consensus on the preferred age for surgery for some anomalies.

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DO - 10.1111/apa.16726

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 36823678

VL - 112

SP - 1304

EP - 1311

JO - Acta Paediatrica

JF - Acta Paediatrica

SN - 0803-5253

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