Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|
Pediatr Surg Int
January 2025
Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics and available treatment strategies for reoperation of neonatal high jejunal atresia, and recommend preventive measures to reduce the reoperation rate of high jejunal atresia.
Methods: The clinical data of 16 children with high jejunal atresia who underwent reoperation in the Neonatal Surgery Department at Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine from January 2018 to January 2023 were retrospectively analyzed.
Results: Among the 16 unplanned reoperations, 7 (43.
Front Pediatr
February 2024
Surgical Department, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Background: A congenital duodenal diaphragm (CDD) is a rare cause of duodenal obstruction in infants and children. The traditional approach to treatment has been surgical intervention either with excision and duodenoplasty or with bypass through a duodenoduodenostomy, which is invasive and carries the risk of anastomotic leakage.
Aims: To summarize the key points of differential diagnosis and treatment of a CDD under gastroscopy and to evaluate its efficacy and safety.
Radiol Case Rep
January 2024
Department of Radiology, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Mohammed First, Oujda, Morocco.
Congenital duodenal obstruction is a common cause of bowel obstruction. It is relatively easy to diagnose in the neonatal period. However, if the obstruction is due to a duodenal diaphragm, diagnosis may be delayed until later in infancy or even adulthood, depending on the size of the aperture in the diaphragm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Case Rep
November 2023
Department of Dermatology, Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Background: The duodenal web is a thin, elongated, web-like structure that is one of the factors contributing to duodenal obstruction. Only 100 cases have been reported in the literature. We present a 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Case Rep
April 2021
Department of General Surgery, Ascension Michigan Genesys Hospital, Grand Blanc, MI, USA.
BACKGROUND Abnormal communicating channels or fistulas between the gallbladder or common bile duct and the intestine are rare, but have potential to result in serious complications. Further complications can arise with migration of gallstones from the gallbladder to the intestines, causing distal obstruction in the ileum, intestinal hemorrhage, or intestinal perforation. High clinical suspicion is warranted for the diagnosis of Bouveret's syndrome, with anticipation of surgery to prevent distal gallstone migration that would otherwise result in unfavorable patient outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!