title: Two Cases of Massively Prolapsed Patent Vitellointestinal Duct.
abstract: Patent vitellointestinal duct (PVID) is a benign congrnital anomaly ususally presenting with fecal discharge from the umbilicus. In this report, we describe two cases of PVID presented with massive bowel prolapse through the PVID and signs of intestinal obstruction. Surgery revealed prolapse of the ileal intussusceptum through the PVID. Both of the babies were sucssesfully managed with surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Digamber
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chaubey
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rawat
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Gurmeet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Intestinal obstruction; Patent vitellointestinal duct; Prolapsed intussusception