Perforated tubular duodenal duplication in a 79 year old woman: Case report and review of the literature.

Introduction: Enteric duplications are rare congenital anomalies of the digestive tract that can occur anywhere along its length, with the majority being found in the small intestine. The duodenum is the least common site. Almost all symptomatic duodenal duplications present early in life with abdominal pain and pancreatitis.

Expediting return of bowel function after colorectal surgery.

Background: Postoperative ileus is the main determinant of the length of hospital stay after colorectal surgery. Our objective was to analyze modifiable factors, including polyethylene glycol administration, associated with the return of bowel function.

Methods: A retrospective review of all patients who underwent elective open partial colectomy from 2004 to 2006 at a single institution.

Laparoscopic management of neonatal paraesophageal hernia with intrathoracic gastric volvulus.

Intrathoracic gastric volvulus associated with neonatal paraesophageal hernia is very rare in the newborn period. We report a case of a 3-week-old term infant who presented to the hospital with a history of non-bilious vomiting. Workup for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis eventually revealed the presence of a congenital hiatal hernia and intrathoracic gastric volvulus requiring urgent surgical management.