Bowel conservation in a case of giant jejuno-ileal duplication

The management of very long tubular bowel duplications poses a special challenge to even the most skilled surgeon. In these cases, mucosal stripping is usually employed. We report a novel case of a two-year-old boy, with 120 cm long jejuno-ileal duplication, wherein, bowel salvage was achieved, util...

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Main Authors: Sham Minakshi, Phadke Dileep, Singh Dasmit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
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Online Access:http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2010;volume=15;issue=3;spage=104;epage=105;aulast=Sham
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description The management of very long tubular bowel duplications poses a special challenge to even the most skilled surgeon. In these cases, mucosal stripping is usually employed. We report a novel case of a two-year-old boy, with 120 cm long jejuno-ileal duplication, wherein, bowel salvage was achieved, utilizing the <i>Bianchi principle,</i> originally described for bowel lengthening in cases of short bowel syndrome.
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spelling doaj.art-d2088a75ec1448ed9929369439987bc32022-12-21T21:47:27ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons0971-92611998-38912010-01-01153104105Bowel conservation in a case of giant jejuno-ileal duplicationSham MinakshiPhadke DileepSingh DasmitThe management of very long tubular bowel duplications poses a special challenge to even the most skilled surgeon. In these cases, mucosal stripping is usually employed. We report a novel case of a two-year-old boy, with 120 cm long jejuno-ileal duplication, wherein, bowel salvage was achieved, utilizing the <i>Bianchi principle,</i> originally described for bowel lengthening in cases of short bowel syndrome.http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2010;volume=15;issue=3;spage=104;epage=105;aulast=ShamBianchi techniquebowel conservationgiant jejuno-ileal duplications
spellingShingle Sham Minakshi
Phadke Dileep
Singh Dasmit
Bowel conservation in a case of giant jejuno-ileal duplication
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Bianchi technique
bowel conservation
giant jejuno-ileal duplications
title Bowel conservation in a case of giant jejuno-ileal duplication
title_full Bowel conservation in a case of giant jejuno-ileal duplication
title_fullStr Bowel conservation in a case of giant jejuno-ileal duplication
title_full_unstemmed Bowel conservation in a case of giant jejuno-ileal duplication
title_short Bowel conservation in a case of giant jejuno-ileal duplication
title_sort bowel conservation in a case of giant jejuno ileal duplication
topic Bianchi technique
bowel conservation
giant jejuno-ileal duplications
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