intestinal atresia

The different types of intestinal atresia are named after their location:

Fetal and neonatal intestinal atresia are treated using laparotomy after birth.

Mutations in this gene cause hereditary multiple intestinal atresia.

A particular study has given intestinal atresia and umbilical cord ulceration a clear link after 5 such cases were reported at the time of publication.

Intestinal atresia is a malformation where there is a narrowing or absence of a portion of the intestine.

He also helped to elucidate the cause of small intestinal atresia and in 1975 wrote a seminal and much quoted article on neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.

The same year he was awarded Doctor of Philosophy degree for his dissertation entitled "The aetiology of congenital intestinal atresia".

Fetal and neonatal bowel obstructions are often caused by an intestinal atresia, where there is a narrowing or absence of a part of the intestine.

It is also seen in bowel obstruction with secondary perforation, as in Hirschprung disease, midgut volvulus, meconium ileus and intestinal atresia.

The most common cause of non-duodenal intestinal atresia is a vascular accident in utero that leads to decreased intestinal perfusion and ischemia of the respective segment of bowel.

Umbilical cord ulceration and intestinal atresia is a rare congenital disease that leads to intestinal atresia, umbilical cord ulceration and severe intrauterine haemorrhage.