X-RAY FINDINGS IN THE PEDIATRIC SURGICAL EMERGENCIES

(9) CONGENITAL ATRESIA OF THE DUODENUM

Abstract

A case of congenital atresia of the duodenum in the five-day-old female infant was presented. The means of clinical and roentgen evaluation are outlined. A plain x-ray film of the abdomen is regarded as the most reliable single diagnostic measure.
The experience with 11 patients of the duodenal atresia (excluding stenosis) treated by duodenojejunostomy with or without the transanastomotic feeding tube during the past 10 years is briefly given. Nine of the infants recovered (82 per cent) and two died.