Outcome of tapering enteroplasty in managing jejunoileal atresia

• Main Authors: Abeer Aboalazayem (Author), Moutaz Ragab (Author), Abdelaziz Magdy (Author), Khaled Bahaaeldin (Author), Aly Shalaby (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Jejunoileal atresia (JIA) represents a common cause of neonatal bowel obstruction. There is a discrepancy between the diameters of the proximal and the distal bowel loops and this is managed with excision or tapering of the dilated proximal bowel loop. We aim primarily to evaluate the ou...