The Modified Kimura's Technique for the Treatment of Duodenal Atresia

• Main Authors: Biagio Zuccarello (Author), Antonella Spada (Author), Antonio Centorrino (Author), Nunzio Turiaco (Author), Maria Rosaria Chirico (Author), Saveria Parisi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Purpose. Kimura's diamond-shaped-duodenoduodenostomy (DSD) is a known technique for the correction of congenital intrinsic duodenal obstruction. We present a modification of the technique and review the advantages of this new technique. Methods. From 1992 to 2006, 14 newborns were tr...