Most children experience resolution of idiopathic pediatric rectal prolapse with bowel management alone.

Background: Recent studies in children with idiopathic rectal prolapse report up to 48% require surgical intervention to manage refractory disease. We sought to examine outcomes of our non-surgical approach to managing rectal prolapse using a bowel management program.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed for all children with the diagnosis of rectal prolapse between 2011 and 2020.

Novel device to detect enterotomies in real time during laparoscopy: first in human trial during Roux-en-y gastric bypass.

Background: Undetected bowel perforations occur in 0.3-1% of laparoscopic surgical procedures with an associated mortality rate of 5.3%.

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Elisabeth K. Wynne, MD, completed her undergraduate degree in bioengineering and is currently a surgical resident in training at the University of Washington. From 2014-2016, she served as a Biodesign Fellow at Stanford University.