Neonatal stomas: does a separate incision avoid complications and a full laparotomy at closure?

Purpose: Enterostomy formation is a common outcome in emergency neonatal laparotomy. No consensus exists regarding optimal stoma site. This study aims to identify incidence of complications and closure details related to position of stomas.

Choledochal malformations: the Scottish experience.

Introduction: Excisional surgery for choledochal malformations in Scotland is currently performed in three specialist pediatric surgical centers using open or laparoscopic-assisted techniques. We reviewed the outcome of children who had excisional surgery in Scotland between 1992 and 2010.

Materials And Methods: Case notes for all patients undergoing excisional surgery in any of the three specialist pediatric surgical centers in Scotland between 1992 and 2010 were retrospectively reviewed.