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Does duodenal atresia and stenosis prevent midgut volvulus in malrotation?
M Samuel1, R A Wheeler, A G Mami
1Wessex Regional Centre for Paediatric Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
Abstract:
Thirty-six of the 64 (56%) neonates with duodenal atresia and stenosis who were retrospectively reviewed had associated malrotation. A volvulus neonatorum (age: <28 days) was not encountered among these patients. Can the duodenal atresia and stenosis act as a flood gate mechanism, in the prevention of volvulus in these children?