title: Does duodenal atresia and stenosis prevent midgut volvulus in malrotation?
abstract: Thirty-six of the 64 (56%) neonates with duodenal atresia and stenosis who were retrospectively reviewed had associated malrotation. A volvulus neonatorum (age: <28 days) was not encountered among these patients. Can the duodenal atresia and stenosis act as a flood gate mechanism, in the prevention of volvulus in these children?
authors.affiliation: Wessex Regional Centre for Paediatric Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Mami
mesh_terms: D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies