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3740908

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
We report 37 patients ranging in age from 1 month to 14 years treated for intestinal malrotation during a five year period. The main presenting features consisted of intermittent attacks of vomiting (15 patients), failure to thrive (seven), and recurrent colicky abdominal pain (seven). The diagnosis was confirmed by gastrointestinal contrast studies in all but three patients. A standard Ladd's procedure comprised the definitive surgical treatment. We emphasise the poor nutritional state at the time of operation (49% of the cases were on or below the third centile). In contrast with neonatal presentation, volvulus of the midgut occurred in only five patients (14%) compared with 68% in neonates with malrotation. There were two deaths in the series. Ninety four per cent of the remaining patients responded favourably to the operative procedure. Malrotation should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a wide variety of symptoms and should be treated promptly once the diagnosis has been confirmed.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1468-2044
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
682-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Intestinal malrotation presenting outside the neonatal period.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't