Balloon dilatation of postoperative small bowel anastomotic stricture in an infant with apple peel intestinal atresia after serial transverse enteroplasty and jejunoileal anastomosis.
We report successful fluoroscopically guided balloon dilatation of an early postoperative stricture of a jejunoileal anastomosis in a 3-month-old infant who underwent serial transverse enteroplasty for type IIIb apple peel intestinal atresia.
Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy. rmiraglia@ismett.edu
Roberto
R
Miraglia
Pieralba
P
Catalano
Luigi
L
Maruzzelli
Silvia
S
Riva
Marco
M
Spada
Daniele
D
Alberti
Angelo
A
Luca
Bruno
B
Gridelli
D002404:Catheterization; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000209:etiology; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007581:Jejunoileal Bypass; D007582:Jejunostomy; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012086:Reoperation; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D017792:Surgical Stapling