title: Morbidity and mortality in duodenal atresia.
abstract: 98 babies were admitted to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, with duodenal atresia between 1967 and 1981. The overall mortality was 32%, although it fell from 39% in the first half of the series to 26% in the second half. This reflected the better management of babies in risk group C (Watterson et al 1962). However, the high incidence of associated anomalies, involving particularly the alimentary tract, was demonstrated to carry a grave prognosis.
mesh_terms: D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000151:congenital* / Q000401:mortality; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008131:London; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis