Small bowel obstruction caused by congenital transmesenteric defect

• Main Authors: Nouira F (Author), Dhaou Ben (Author), Charieg A (Author), Ghorbel S (Author), Jlidi S (Author), Chaouachi B (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Transmesenteric hernias are extremely rare. A strangulated hernia through a mesenteric opening is a rare operative finding. Preoperative diagnosis still is difficult in spite of the imaging techniques currently available. The authors describe two cases of paediatric patients presenting with bowel ob...