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African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2013 Background: Supra-Transumbilical Laparotomy (STL) has been used in paediatric surgery for a broad spectrum of abdominal procedures. We report our experience with STL approach for small bowel atresia repair in newborns and review previous published series
Ernesto Leva +6 more
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Biliary Tract Abnormalities as a Cause of Distal Bowel Gas in Neonatal Duodenal Atresia
Case Reports in Surgery, 2018 Background. The presence of distal bowel gas in an infant does not exclude the diagnosis of duodenal atresia. Case Presentation. We report a term neonate with Down syndrome.
Surasak Puvabanditsin +4 more
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Diagnosing Ileal Atresia: The Role of Clinical Correlation and Plain Radiography [PDF]
The Annals of African Surgery, 2018 Ileal atresia is a subset of congenital gastrointestinal malformations that result in neonatal bowel obstruction. We report a case of a 7-day old male neonate who presented with failure to pass meconium, abdominal distension and late onset bilious ...
Timothy Mwai Jumbi +2 more
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Bowel problems and coping strategies in people with multiple sclerosis. [PDF]
, 2010 Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common neurological disease, estimated to affect 100,000 people in the UK. Bowel symptoms are reported to be common in MS, with constipation affecting 29-43% and faecal incontinence affecting just over 50%.
Norton, C., Chelvanayagam, Sonya
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022 Intestinal atresia is a congenital anomaly which results in the discontinuity or narrowing of the bowel lumen. Although intestinal atresia is a common congenital malformation, it rarely occurs in twins.
Lucas Fair, Brett Johnson, John Uffman
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Double trouble with triple bubble: A rare case of double small bowel atresia in a neonate
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 We experienced a rare case of double small bowel atresia (SBA) at our centre. A premature baby boy was born at 35 weeks of gestation. Antenatal scans had already shown a grossly dilated stomach and bowel.
R. Ramanuja Naidu +3 more
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Changes of smooth muscle contractile filaments in small bowel atresia [PDF]
, 2012 AIM: To investigate morphological changes of intestinal smooth muscle contractile fibres in small bowel atresia patients. METHODS: Resected small bowel specimens from small bowel atresia patients (n = 12) were divided into three sections (proximal ...
Rolle, Udo +4 more
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Heterotopic gastric mucosa associated with jejunal atresia
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2019 An infant born at 35 weeks' gestation with type 2 jejunal atresia underwent resection of the atretic ends of the bowel and primary anastomosis. Histologic examination of the resected distal bowel segment revealed heterotopic gastric mucosa (HGM).
Olivia M. Parker +2 more
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Endocrine cells in atresic chick embryo intestine: histochemical and immunohistochemical study
European Journal of Histochemistry, 2009 Intestinal motility disorders are an important problem in the postoperative management of patients with intestinal atresia. Intestinal motility could be initiated by luminal factors that activate intrinsic and extrinsic primary afferent nerves involved ...
T. Renda +5 more
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Fistula between a patent omphalomesenteric duct and a ruptured omphalocele sac in a neonate
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 This case report serves to document a rare case of a neonate who presented to the NICU with a patent omphalomesenteric duct (OMD) connected to the top of a ruptured omphalocele sac.
Rahul Gaini, Zaria Murrell
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