Shawn D St Peter, Danny C Little, Katherine A Barsness, Daniel R Copeland, Casey M Calkins, Suzanne Yoder, Steve S Rothenberg, Saleem Islam, Kuojen Tsao, Daniel J Ostlie
INTRODUCTION: During repair for duodenal atresia, it has been emphasized that inspection of the small bowel to identify a second atresia is required. The laparoscopic approach for repair of duodenal atresia has been criticized for its limitation to perform this step. Given that duodenal atresia and jejunoileal atresias do not share common embryologic origins, we question the validity of this concern. Therefore, we conducted a multicenter retrospective review of duodenal atresia patients to quantify the incidence of jejunoileal atresia in this population...
November 2010: Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. Part A