Extensive intestinal necrosis associated with volvulus. Deferred treatment

• Egile Nagusiak: Mejía Camacho David (Egilea), Alvarado García Rafael (Egilea), Jiménez Urueta Pedro S. (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Intestinal malrotation with volvulus and extensive necrosisis is the deadliest emergency faced by the pediatric surgeon. Treatment consists in surgical repair using the technique described by William Ladd in 1936. In some cases where viability is in questionable a sec- ond look laparotomy upon place...