A technique for preservation of the ileocecal valve in the neonatal short intestine.
We report a technique, appendiceal interposition, which permitted preservation of the ileocecal valve in an infant with a congenitally short intestine (jejunum, 12 cm; ileum, 1 cm). The procedure was performed on the first day of life in conjunction with jejunal lengthening by the Bianchi technique. The result was a small intestine of 21 cm in length with an intact ileocecal valve.
Kosloske
A M
AM
Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque.
Jewell
P F
PF
D001065:Appendix / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007080:Ileocecal Valve; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*