OBJECTIVE To introduce our experience of robotic surgery of reconstructive uterovaginal anastomosis and operative outcomes in congenital cervical and vaginal atresia patients. METHODS Clinical observation and follow-up of four patients with congenital cervical and vaginal atresia who underwent robotic reconstruction of cervix and vagina by SIS (small intestinal submucosa, SIS) graft. RESULT...

Aim: To review nine-year experience in managing jejuno-ileal atresia (JIA) by primary resection and anastomosis and identify factors associated with reoperations. Methods: From April 2006 to May 2015, all consecutive neonates who underwent bowel resection and primary anastomosis for JIA were analyzed retrospectively. Patients with temporary enterostomy were excluded. Patient demographics, types...

The present study was carried out to clinically classify and assess the different conditions associated with ano-rectal anomalies in neonatal farm animals and to determine the outcome of surgically correction and survival period. Thirty-eight newly born ruminant animals (8 hours to 4 days old) with ano-rectal anomalies were prospectively investigated. These animals were admitted to the clinic o...

background : approach to the small intestine has been difficult even with newer methods. double-balloon enteroscopy (dbe) has been created for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in diseases of the small intestine. small intestinal diseases have different etiologies in each country. the dbe has been introduced in recent years in iran. our aim was to study the indications and results of dbe...

AIM To compare the outcome of patients with jeuno-ileal atresia (JIA) associated with the intraoperative finding of volvulus of small bowel (group A) with that of JIA without volvulus (group B). MATERIALS AND METHODS It is a retrospective observational study conducted at one of the two units of Pediatric Surgery, in a tertiary care public hospital of India, from January 2001 to December 2010....

THE ESOPHAGUS Anatomy Congenital Disorders Tracheoesophageal Fistula Rings and Webs Esophageal Diverticula Motor Disorders Achalasia Scleroderma Hiatal Hernia Esophagitis Reflux Esophagitis Barrett Esophagus Eosinophilic Esophagitis Infective Esophagitis Chemical Esophagitis Esophagitis of Systemic Illness Iatrogenic Cancer of Esophagitis Esophageal Varices Lacerations and Perforations Neoplasm...

The mainstay of diagnosis of congenital pyloric atresia is by plain X-ray of the abdomen showing a large gas bubble with no gas distally. But very rarely it can be associated with distal duodenal atresia when the baby may present as lump abdomen. In such a situation apart from the X-ray, another radiological investigation is needed to delineate the exact nature of the lump. Since the role of ul...

Atresia of the colon is among the rare types of all gastrointestinal atresias. Ascending colon is the rarest site of all the colonic atresias. The authors report a case of a 4-day-old male baby who presented with the features of distal intestinal obstruction. At laparotomy type I atresia of the ascending colon, just distal to cecum, was found. Primary ceco-colic anastomosis along with a coverin...

BACKGROUND Body piercing has become increasingly popular throughout the world and may cause unanticipated complications during surgery. METHODS We describe the case of a 35-y-old woman with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy for metastatic disease evaluation. RESULTS An early intestinal injury occurred upon abdominal entry and introduction of pneumoperitoneum. ...

Eleven specimens of small intestinal strictures were seen at the Pathology Department of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria, during a period of two and a half years. Eight of them were ischaemic in origin and the clinical and pathological features of these eight cases are described. In five of the cases, the ischaemia could be related to inguinal hernia, with hernior...