title: Surgical treatment of patent omphalomesenteric duct presenting as faecal umbilical discharge.
abstract: A newborn infant with patent omphalomesenteric duct (POMD), who presented faecal umbilical discharge, was treated with a semicircular periumbilical incision up to the abdominal cavity. The omphalomesenteric duct was followed up to the junction with the small intestine and there resected. The abdominal wall was closed without resection of the umbilicus.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery and Pediatrics, Imeldahospital, Bonheiden, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giacalone
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vanrykel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Belva
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aelvoet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Weer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Eldere
mesh_terms: D012634:Bodily Secretions; D005243:Feces; D005260:Female; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014816:Vitelline Duct / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*