Small bowel congenital anomalies: a review and update

G Morris, A Kennedy, W Cochran - Current gastroenterology reports, 2016 - Springer
The small intestine is a complex organ system that is vital to the life of the individual. There
are a number of congenital anomalies that occur and present most commonly in infancy; …

Open versus laparoscopic approach for intestinal malrotation in infants and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

VD Catania, G Lauriti, A Pierro, A Zani - Pediatric surgery international, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Although the principles of the Ladd's procedure for intestinal malrotation in children
have remained unchanged since its first description, in the era of minimally invasive surgery …

Intestinal malrotation: varied clinical presentation from infancy through adulthood

D Nehra, AM Goldstein - Surgery, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and clinical
presentation of intestinal malrotation from infancy through adulthood by examining the …

The efficiency of sonography in diagnosing volvulus in neonates with suspected intestinal malrotation

W Zhang, H Sun, F Luo - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The efficiency of sonography in diagnosing volvulus in neona... : Medicine The efficiency of
sonography in diagnosing volvulus in neonates with suspected intestinal malrotation : Medicine …

Integration of left-right Pitx2 transcription and Wnt signaling drives asymmetric gut morphogenesis via Daam2

IC Welsh, M Thomsen, DW Gludish, C Alfonso-Parra… - Developmental cell, 2013 - cell.com
A critical aspect of gut morphogenesis is initiation of a leftward tilt, and failure to do so leads
to gut malrotation and volvulus. The direction of tilt is specified by asymmetric cell behaviors …

Five hundred patients with gut malrotation: thirty years of experience with the introduction of a new surgical procedure

K Abu-Elmagd, G Mazariegos, S Armanyous… - Annals of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Define clinical spectrum and long-term outcomes of gut malrotation. With new
insights, an innovative procedure was introduced and predictive models were established …

[HTML][HTML] Malrotation: Current strategies navigating the radiologic diagnosis of a surgical emergency

JJ Tackett, ED Muise, RA Cowles - World journal of radiology, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The most accurate and practical imaging algorithm for the diagnosis of intestinal malrotation
can be a complex and sometimes controversial topic. Since 1900, significant advances have …

The identification and treatment of intestinal malrotation in older children

C Dekonenko, JA Sujka, K Weaver, SW Sharp… - Pediatric surgery …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Intestinal malrotation is often diagnosed in infancy. The true incidence of
malrotation outside of this age is unknown. These patients can present atypically or be …

Small bowel obstruction after neonatal repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia—Incidence and risk-factors identified in a large longitudinal cohort-study

KB Zahn, AM Franz, T Schaible, N Rafat… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective In patients with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), postoperative small
bowel obstruction (SBO) is a life-threatening event. Literature reports an incidence of SBO of …

Usefulness of sonography in evaluating children suspected of malrotation: comparison with an upper gastrointestinal contrast study

L Zhou, S Li, W Wang, Q Shan, F Pan… - Journal of Ultrasound …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the value of sonography
in working up or ruling out malrotation by 3 sonographic features (inversion of the superior …