title: Transumbilical resection and umbilical plasty for patent omphalomesenteric duct.
abstract: This paper describes a transumbilical resection and umbilical plasty for treatment of a patent omphalomesenteric duct (POMD). In a newborn infant with a POMD, a skin incision was made circumscribing the mucocutaneous junction of the protruded duct. The duct was completely extirpated with a wedge resection of the connection to the intestine and an umbilical plasty was performed. The postoperative appearance was excellent. It appears that transumbilical resection and umbilical plasty may be a satisfactory operation for POMD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kinan General Hospital, Wakayama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Monta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tazuke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sumimura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dezawa
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000601:surgery*; D014816:Vitelline Duct / Q000601:surgery*