Two-stage operations of small bowel in infancy and childhood.
Out of 813 laparotomies performed for surgical problems of small bowel in infants and children, resections were necessary in 327 patients. A primary enterostomy was done in 75 cases with subsequent anastomosis. The different surgical problems, the operative findings, the various procedures adopted and the results thereof are discussed here. The greatest danger was seen to arise from the ischaemia of the bowel and from peritonitis. In doubtful conditions of small bowel two-stage operation seems advisable.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000601:surgery; D006547:Hernia / Q000151:congenital; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy / Q000379:methods*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008470:Meconium; D011379:Prognosis; D013270:Stomach / Q000002:abnormalities