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Proximal Malecot vent in neonatal small-bowel anastomosis
John Mathai1, Sudipta Sen, Ninan Zachariah
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India.
Pediatric Surgery International
|April 19, 2003
Abstract:
We describe a simple technique of venting the dilated intestine proximal to a small-bowel anastomosis in nine neonates that promoted uneventful healing and early enteral feeding.