Buluggiu A, Haddad M, Coste M, Louis-Borrione C, Ughetto F, Guys J M, de Lagausie Pascal
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpital Timone Enfant, 264, Rue Saint-Pierre, 13385, Marseille Cedex 05, France.
Pediatr Surg Int. 2009 May;25(5):449-50. doi: 10.1007/s00383-009-2359-1. Epub 2009 Apr 26.
Bianchi's procedure experience for short bowel syndrome in children is positive. This technique is generally performed after the first year of life. Here the authors propose a case of gastroschisis with prenatal spontaneous closure of abdominal defect and vanishing gut presenting as intestinal atresia, absence of ileo-cecal valve, and residual short intestinal dilatation, treated by early gut lengthening (ILP).