title: Intestinal obstruction in a premature baby: Endoscopic diagnosis and management by minimal access surgery.
abstract: Neonatal intestinal obstruction is the most common surgical emergency in a newborn. Although, large numbers of newborns are operated in our country, limited published literature is available on advances in diagnosis, and management of this problem with outcome analysis in newborns. We report a premature (32 weeks) newborn who developed acute onset symptoms of small bowel obstruction in 3(rd)week of life, and discuss the approach to diagnosis and management with the minimal access surgery and successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Urology and Pediatric Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Deepak K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kandpal
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siddharth
authors.forename: Saroja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balan
authors.forename: Sujit K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chowdhary
keywords: Meckel’s band obstruction; minimal access surgery; neonatal intestinal obstruction
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