Intestinal obstruction in a premature baby: Endoscopic diagnosis and management by minimal access surgery

Abstract

Neonatal intestinal obstruction is the most common surgical emergency in a newborn. Although, large numbers of newborns are operated in our country, limited published literature is available on advances in diagnosis, and management of this problem with outcome analysis in newborns. We report a premature (32 weeks) newborn who developed acute onset symptoms of small bowel obstruction in 3 rd week of life, and discuss the approach to diagnosis and management with the minimal access surgery and successful outcome.

Keywords

• Meckel′s band obstruction
• minimal access surgery
• neonatal intestinal obstruction