Musculoskeletal deformities in children with congenital thoracic malformations: a population-based cohort study
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In brief
In brief
Population-based cohort study of 167 children demonstrates that congenital diaphragmatic hernia and esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula patients have significantly increased risk of scoliosis and pectus deformities compared to controls, while congenital lung lesion patients do not. Findings suggest musculoskeletal deformities are congenital rather than surgery-related.
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Abstract
Purpose
It is unclear if musculoskeletal deformities observed in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), congenital lung lesion (CLL) and esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF) are associated with the anomaly or are a result of the surgery required to treat the anomaly. This study compared the prevalence of musculoskeletal deformities for: (1) children with congenital thoracic anomalies to controls; (2) CLL to EA/TEF both repaired via thoracotomy; and (3) CLL and EA/TEF to CDH repaired via laparotomy.
Methods
We performed a retrospective study of children with CLL, CDH or EA/TEF between 1990 and 2016. Date-of-birth-matched control groups were generated from a population-based dataset. International Classification of Disease codes were used to identify scoliosis and pectus anomalies. We determined Hazard ratios (HR) for cases versus controls.
Results
We included 167 cases (CDH n = 82; CLL n = 29; EA/TEF n = 56) and 1670 controls. EA/TEF had a greater risk of scoliosis (HR 5.52, 95%CI 1.49,13.73) and pectus deformities (HR 4.07, 95%CI 1.96,8.45). CDH showed more scoliosis (HR 5.03, 95%CI 1.99,12.74) but not pectus anomalies. Musculoskeletal deformities were not more common in CLL.
Conclusion
Children born with CDH or EA/TEF, but not CLL, had more musculoskeletal deformities than controls. The inconsistent association between musculoskeletal deformities and the surgical approach suggested a congenital predisposition.