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The definitive treatment for duodenal atresia is surgery (duodenoduodenostomy or duodenojejunostomy), which may be performed openly or laparoscopically. [14] The surgery is required but not immediately urgent - a 24 to 48-hour delay is permissible to facilitate transport, further evaluation and fluid resuscitation. [13]
With acutely ill patients, consider emergency surgery laparotomy if there is a high index of suspicion. [citation needed] In cases of volvulus, plain radiography may demonstrate signs of duodenal obstruction with dilatation of the proximal duodenum and stomach but it is often non-specific.
Intestinal atresia occurs in around 1 in 3,000 births in the United States. [1] The most common form of intestinal atresia is duodenal atresia. It has a strong association with Down syndrome. [12] The second-most common type is ileal atresia. 95% of congenital jejunoileal obstructions are atresias; only 5% are stenoses. [2]
Billroth I, more formally Billroth's operation I, is an operation in which the pylorus is removed and the distal stomach is anastomosed directly to the duodenum. [1] [2]The operation is most closely associated with Theodor Billroth, but was first described by Polish surgeon Ludwik Rydygier.
Ladd's bands shown as the cause of this depiction of bowel malrotation. Ladd's bands, sometimes called bands of Ladd, are fibrous stalks of peritoneal tissue that attach the cecum to the retroperitoneum in the right lower quadrant (RLQ).
Lavage is also the initial treatment for duodenal atresia in newborns, a condition where the small intestine is closed distal to the stomach, causing food and fluid to accumulate in the stomach. When the body temperature rises above 40 °C , gastric lavage with iced saline also can be an aggressive cooling measure in a medical emergency .
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A hepatoportoenterostomy or Kasai portoenterostomy is a surgical treatment performed on infants with Type IVb choledochal cyst and biliary atresia to allow for bile drainage. In these infants, the bile is not able to drain normally from the small bile ducts within the liver into the larger bile ducts that connect to the gall bladder and small ...