Midgut malrotation?

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Patients with congenital intestinal malrotation usually need timely treatment, so we need to find the disease quickly and make a diagnosis immediately. We must first understand the specific manifestations of congenital intestinal malrotation, then we can summarize the diagnosis results according to our own situation. Midgut malrotation? Now let me tell you something.

Midgut malrotation?

Intestinal malrotation is one of the common causes of neonatal intestinal obstruction, and it is only slightly less than hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in gastrointestinal malformations. This point, our country and European and American countries are very different, in these countries, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis than intestinal malrotation more than 10 times. However, not all of the patients with intestinal malrotation have symptoms in the neonatal period, occasionally in infants and children, and rarely in adults.

Intestinal malrotation often leads to the following clinical manifestations: 1; ② Acute or chronic duodenal obstruction; ③ Internal hernia. The age of onset is variable, most of which are newborns, accounting for about 80% of the cases. Some cases begin to show symptoms in children or adults, and a few cases have no clinical symptoms, which are occasionally found in X-ray examination or other operations.

The diagnosis of malrotation should be considered in neonates with high intestinal obstruction and normal meconium excretion. The clinical symptoms of malrotation of intestine, duodenal atresia or stenosis, and annular pancreas are similar, and may coexist, so it is difficult to distinguish them. Therefore, as long as the existence of duodenal obstruction is confirmed, it is not appropriate to conduct excessive examination, and surgical exploration should be carried out as soon as possible.

matters needing attention

Surgery is not omnipotent, postoperative patients may still have digestive, absorption dysfunction, malnutrition. Therefore, postoperative care must pay attention to, in addition to diet to follow the doctor's advice, in the living habits to ensure health.