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Anteroposterior X-ray demonstrating measurement of the esophageal gap on day 1 after birth.
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One-day old a Ch 14 gastrostomy tube (Flocare, Nutricia, Denmark) was placed by laparotomy and the distance between the upper and lower pouch was measured by the Hegar method and was found to be equivalent to the height of 3.5 thoracic vertebrae ( Fig. 1 ).
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(
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) A 5 mm cylindrical magnet (12,000 G) was placed in the upper pouch and lower pouch under fluoroscopic guidance at the age of 62 days. (
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) Immediate contact and alignment between the magnets was observed.
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At the age of 62 days, each magnet was placed intraluminal at the tip of each pouch under fluoroscopic guidance ( Fig. 2 ), the lower tube via the gastrostomy tube and the upper peroral.