Three recurrent episodes of malrotation in an infant.
Malrotation with midgut volvulus in a newborn is not a rare condition and Ladd's procedure is the recommended surgical treatment. Recurrent volvulus after Ladd's procedure is very rare. We present a case of an infant operated on after birth for malrotation and midgut volvulus with 2 recurrent similar episodes in the following 20 months. We recommend abrasion of the parietal and visceral peritoneal surfaces when recurrence of malrotation occurs.
Mazeh
Haggi
H
Department of Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Mount Scopus Jerusalem, Israel.
Kaliner
Ehud
E
Udassin
Raphael
R
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence