The efficacy of the Childs-Phillips mesenteric plication in intestinal obstruction

From 1975 to 1988 we studied and valued fourteen pediatric patients, treated in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Children's Hospital La Paz, with the Childs-Phillips procedure by postoperative recurrent bowel obstruction. Ten newborn infants had the following diagnoses: intestinal atresia...

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Published inCirugía pediátrica Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 37
Main Authors Fernández Sánchez, A, Fernández Eire, P, Gutiérrez Dueñas, J M, López Gutiérrez, J C, Utrilla, J G
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.01.1990
Subjects
Child
Child, Preschool
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intestinal Obstruction - etiology
Intestinal Obstruction - surgery
Male
Mesentery - surgery
Methods
Recurrence
Tissue Adhesions - etiology
Tissue Adhesions - surgery
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Summary:From 1975 to 1988 we studied and valued fourteen pediatric patients, treated in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at Children's Hospital La Paz, with the Childs-Phillips procedure by postoperative recurrent bowel obstruction. Ten newborn infants had the following diagnoses: intestinal atresia, 4; Bochdaleck hernia, 3; Hirschsprung disease, 2; intestinal rotation anomalies, 1. Four patients out of neonatal period had: hiatal hernia, 1; intussusception, 1; appendicitis, 2. Six patients had more than one episode of bowel obstruction. The follow-up was 6.5 years (range four months to 13 years), and no recurrent bowel obstruction occurred.
ISSN:0214-1221