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Table 2.

Neurodevelopmental outcome in infants (<2 years old) born with esophageal atresia

Age (months)	Author, year	No. of patients ( n )	Test method	Outcome measure	Test result	Conclusion
6	Gischler^*²² Netherlands, 2009	13	BSID-I	Motor	98.5 (89.3–107.7)^A	Normal
	Gischler^*²² Netherlands, 2009	13	BSID-I	Cognition	91.5 (79.0–104.0)	Normal
	Francesca³⁴ Italy, 2020	82	Bayley-3	Motor	98.4 ± 12.8^B	Normal
	Francesca³⁴ Italy, 2020	82	Bayley-3	Cognition	93.9 ± 10.4	Normal
12	Gischler²² Netherlands, 2009	13	BSID-I	Motor	98.8 (86.8–110.8)^A	Normal
	Gischler²² Netherlands, 2009	13	BSID-I	Cognition	97.2 (77.0–117.5)	Normal
	Faugli³⁶ Norway, 2009	36	BSID-II	Motor	97 (56–121)^C	Normal
	Faugli³⁶ Norway, 2009	36	BSID-II	Cognition	103 (71–118)	Normal
	Walker³⁵ Australia, 2013	31	Bayley-3	Fine motor	9.16^D	Expressive language impaired (P < 0.05), other scales normal
				Gross motor	8.37
				Cognition	11.00
				Receptive language	10.23
				Expressive language	9.03
	Francesca³⁴ Italy, 2020	59	Bayley-3	Motor	93.4 ± 10.3^B	Normal
	Francesca³⁴ Italy, 2020	59	Bayley-3	Cognition	103.3 ± 9.1	Normal
	Giúdici²³ Argentina, 2016	21	CAT/CLAMS	Visomotor & receptive and expressive language skills	Normal in n = 16 (76%) Abnormal n = 5 (24%)	Significantly lower than normal
	Batta³⁷ Australia, 2020	27	GMDS-II	Neurodevelopment	93 (85–100)^E	Normal
18	Gischler²² Netherlands, 2009	13	BSID-I	Motor	99.2 (83.0–115.4)^A	Normal
				Cognition	99.6 (87.5–111.6)
				Cognition	93 (78–113)

BOS, Bayley Ontwikkelings Schalen (Dutch version of BSID-I); BSID, Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development; CAT/CLAMS, Capute Scale Clinical Adaptive Test/Clinical Auditory Milestone Scale; GMDS, Griffiths Mental Development Scales; US, United States.

^AMean (95% confidence interval).

^BMean ± standard deviation.

^CMean (range).

^DMean.

^EMedian (IQR).