Current Paediatrics
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 22-28, February 2002

Neonatal surgical problems of the gut

  • M.E. Flett (Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Surgery)
    • ,
  • D.G. Young (Professor of Paediatric Surgery)

      Affiliations

Department of Surgical Paediatrics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, G3 8SJ, UK

Abstract 

This article outlines the important gastrointestinal diseases found in the newborn that may require surgical intervention. Knowledge of these conditions is essential to all clinicians involved in the care of the infant because early recognition and intervention can dramatically improve outcome.

Keywords: neonate, surgery, intestinal atresia, malrotation, gastrointestinal duplication, necrotizing enterocolitis, Hirschsprung's disease, intestinal neuronal dysplasia, meconium ileus

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  • f1 Correspondence to: DGY. Tel.: 0141-201-0170; Fax: 0141-201-0858; E-mail: dgy1x@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

PII: S0957-5839(01)90243-X

doi:10.1054/cupe.2001.0243

Current Paediatrics
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 22-28, February 2002

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