✦ LIBER ✦
Diverticulum formation after oblique end-to-end anastomosis for jejuno-ileal atresia
✍ Scribed by S. M. L. Nade; J. A. S. Dickson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 430 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Three patients are described who developed a diverticulum about the anastomotic line after successful surgical treatment for neonatal jejunoileal atresia. In 2 patients an oblique end-to-end anastomosis, and in the other an end-to-side anastomosis, had been constructed. Clinical presentation with this complication occurred several years after the original operation. The features were bleeding per rectum, anaemia, and ‘failure to thrive’. All 3 were successfully treated by resection of the segment of bowel containing the diverticulum.