title: Laparoscopic resection of gastric duplication cysts in newborns: a report of five cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gastric duplication cysts are rare congenital alimentary tract anomalies and most cases are recognized during childhood. There were few reports about gastric duplication cysts in newborns and even fewer reports about laparoscopic resection of gastric duplication cysts in newborns.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a series of five newborns with gastric duplication cysts which were successfully resected by laparoscopy between January 2010 and April 2015. Case 1, a male newborn was admitted because of severe salivation, choking cough and dyspnea for 30 min after birth. Case 2, a male, was suspected of duodenal ileus by antenatal examination. Case 3, a female was admitted because of vomiting for 5 days. Case 4,a female without significant symptoms simply visited us for the abdominal cyst detected by antenatal examination. Case 5, a male was admitted because of vomiting for 4 days. All patients were performed with a surgery after assistant examinations. Case 1 was died of respiratory failure and the other patients recovered uneventfully.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gastric duplication cysts in newborns are very rare. Laparoscopic surgery play an important role on the diagnosis and treatment. Our experience and practice indicate that laparoscopic resection of gastric duplication cysts in newborns is viable and there is also a need to increase sample size to prove its safety and effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shanxi Children's Hospital, 13 New People Avenue, Taiyuan, 030013, Shanxi, China. renhongxia100@sina.com.
authors.forename: Hong-Xia
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shanxi Children's Hospital, 13 New People Avenue, Taiyuan, 030013, Shanxi, China.
authors.forename: Li-Qiong
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shanxi Children's Hospital, 13 New People Avenue, Taiyuan, 030013, Shanxi, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shanxi Children's Hospital, 13 New People Avenue, Taiyuan, 030013, Shanxi, China.
authors.forename: Bao-Hong
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shanxi Children's Hospital, 13 New People Avenue, Taiyuan, 030013, Shanxi, China.
authors.forename: Yuan-Yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000601:surgery; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Gastric duplication cyst; Laparoscopic resection; Newborns