Samuel M, Wheeler R A, Mami A G
Wessex Regional Centre for Paediatric Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
Eur J Pediatr Surg. 1997 Feb;7(1):11-2. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1071040.
Thirty-six of the 64 (56%) neonates with duodenal atresia and stenosis who were retrospectively reviewed had associated malrotation. A volvulus neonatorum (age: <28 days) was not encountered among these patients. Can the duodenal atresia and stenosis act as a flood gate mechanism, in the prevention of volvulus in these children?
