Background: Gastric perforation is a rare, life-threatening condition in neonates. To avoid deterioration, prompt surgical treatment is mandatory. Patients: We report on 2 neonates (1 and 8 days old) with feeding tube...Background: Gastric perforation is a rare, life-threatening condition in neonates. To avoid deterioration, prompt surgical treatment is mandatory. Patients: We report on 2 neonates (1 and 8 days old) with feeding tube associated gastric perforation managed laparoscopically by single layer suture repair. Both children suffered from severe peritonitis. Operative time was 60 minutes in both cases. Oral feeding was started on postoperative day 3 and 7, respectively. No complications regarding the gastric perforation were encountered on follow-up (11 and 8 months, respectively) in both cases. Conclusions: We recommend laparoscopic suture repair as a safe and feasible method for surgical treatment of gastric perforation in neonates. These appear to be the first reported cases using this procedure for treatment of neonatal gastric perforation.展开更多
Background: Thoracoscopic techniques have gained increasing acceptance in pediatric surgery, but experience with newborns and small children is limited. To our knowledge, a series of minimally invasive resection of pu...Background: Thoracoscopic techniques have gained increasing acceptance in pediatric surgery, but experience with newborns and small children is limited. To our knowledge, a series of minimally invasive resection of pulmonary sequestration in newborns has not yet been reported in the literature. We report on 5 patients with pulmonary sequestration thoracoscopically. Methods: From November 2000 to November 2002, 5 patients underwent thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary sequestration. Ages ranged from 4 to 91 days. Two patients had postnatal pulmonary symptoms. Preoperative diagnosis was dubious in 4 children. There were 4 extralobar and 1 intralobar pulmonary sequestrations. Results: Thoracoscopy was performed with 3-mm instruments and 3 to 5 ports. All procedures were completed successfully. The median duration of the operation was 95 minutes (range, 63-117 minutes), and visualization was excellent. Anomalous blood vessels were clipped and/or ligated. Four patients were extubated immediately after the operation, 1, the day after. The postoperative course was uneventful in all children. At follow-up after 14 months (mean; range, 10-19 months), all patients were free of symptoms and had normal chest x-rays. Conclusion: Thoracoscopy is feasible for resection of intra-and extralobar pulmonary sequestrations during the first 3 months of life.展开更多
We present a case of prenatally diagnosed gastroschisis combined with a sternal cleft, as well as the successful surgical management of this unusual condition. Successful management of gastroschisis combined with ster...We present a case of prenatally diagnosed gastroschisis combined with a sternal cleft, as well as the successful surgical management of this unusual condition. Successful management of gastroschisis combined with sternal cleft has not been reported before in the literature.展开更多
文摘Background: Gastric perforation is a rare, life-threatening condition in neonates. To avoid deterioration, prompt surgical treatment is mandatory. Patients: We report on 2 neonates (1 and 8 days old) with feeding tube associated gastric perforation managed laparoscopically by single layer suture repair. Both children suffered from severe peritonitis. Operative time was 60 minutes in both cases. Oral feeding was started on postoperative day 3 and 7, respectively. No complications regarding the gastric perforation were encountered on follow-up (11 and 8 months, respectively) in both cases. Conclusions: We recommend laparoscopic suture repair as a safe and feasible method for surgical treatment of gastric perforation in neonates. These appear to be the first reported cases using this procedure for treatment of neonatal gastric perforation.
文摘Background: Thoracoscopic techniques have gained increasing acceptance in pediatric surgery, but experience with newborns and small children is limited. To our knowledge, a series of minimally invasive resection of pulmonary sequestration in newborns has not yet been reported in the literature. We report on 5 patients with pulmonary sequestration thoracoscopically. Methods: From November 2000 to November 2002, 5 patients underwent thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary sequestration. Ages ranged from 4 to 91 days. Two patients had postnatal pulmonary symptoms. Preoperative diagnosis was dubious in 4 children. There were 4 extralobar and 1 intralobar pulmonary sequestrations. Results: Thoracoscopy was performed with 3-mm instruments and 3 to 5 ports. All procedures were completed successfully. The median duration of the operation was 95 minutes (range, 63-117 minutes), and visualization was excellent. Anomalous blood vessels were clipped and/or ligated. Four patients were extubated immediately after the operation, 1, the day after. The postoperative course was uneventful in all children. At follow-up after 14 months (mean; range, 10-19 months), all patients were free of symptoms and had normal chest x-rays. Conclusion: Thoracoscopy is feasible for resection of intra-and extralobar pulmonary sequestrations during the first 3 months of life.
文摘We present a case of prenatally diagnosed gastroschisis combined with a sternal cleft, as well as the successful surgical management of this unusual condition. Successful management of gastroschisis combined with sternal cleft has not been reported before in the literature.
