Closed Gastroschisis.

Closed gastroschisis is a rare entity usually associated with intestinal atresia and short bowel syndrome. We report two cases of closed gastroschisis presenting with neonatal intestinal obstruction and para-umbilical evisceration without an abdominal defect.

The radiological assessment of colonic replacement of the esophagus in children: A review of 43 cases.

Purpose: To define the characteristic radiological features following colonic replacement of the esophagus in children.

Materials And Methods: The upper gastro-intestinal contrast studies of 43 patients who underwent colonic replacement of the esophagus at our pediatric surgery unit were available for analysis. UGI contrast studies were performed routinely in the post-surgical period in 17 cases (first asymptomatic group), while the rest of contrast studies (26) belonged to a second group of out-patients complaining of dysphagia (18) or dyspepsia (8) following colonic replacement of the esophagus.

Surgical aspects of inflammatory bowel diseases in pediatric and adolescent age groups.

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasingly encountered in children. Early disease is associated with higher complication rate with increased incidence of surgical intervention.

Patients And Methods: From January 2010 to June 2015, 25 patients in the pediatric and adolescent age groups with IBD underwent surgical intervention in our center.

Colonic conduit for esophageal replacement: long-term endoscopic and histopathologic changes in colonic mucosa.

Background: Long-term follow-up has substantiated the colon as a durable and highly acceptable esophageal substitute. Exposure of colonic conduit to gastric acid may lead to histopathologic changes in the form of chronic inflammation.

Materials/methods: Thirty children with esophageal replacement were studied from 2 to 12 years (mean, 5.