摘要
Small bowel atresia is associated with a large size discrepancy between the proximal and distal segments of bowel that has traditionally been managed by resection of the dilated segment, tape ring enteroplasty, or plication. Longitudinal intestinal lengthening is rarely p erformed at the time of the initial operation. Many patients with small bowel at resia also have a short length of residual small intestine secondary to in utero resorption. The authors present the clinical application of the novel intestina l lengthening procedure, the serial transverse enteroplasty, in a neonate with p roximal jejunal atresia and suggest that it become part of the armamentarium for surgeons treating patients with this anomaly.
Small bowel atresia is associated with a large size discrepancy between the proximal and distal segments of bowel that has traditionally been managed by resection of the dilated segment, tape ring enteroplasty, or plication. Longitudinal intestinal lengthening is rarely p erformed at the time of the initial operation. Many patients with small bowel at resia also have a short length of residual small intestine secondary to in utero resorption. The authors present the clinical application of the novel intestina l lengthening procedure, the serial transverse enteroplasty, in a neonate with p roximal jejunal atresia and suggest that it become part of the armamentarium for surgeons treating patients with this anomaly.
