Congenital Intestinal Atresia Observations on Its Origin

Obstetrical and neonatological aspects of a child with atresia of the small bowel

“…Signs of this were volvulus, intussusception, snaring at the umbilical ring and kinking. This was confirmed by the experimental work of LOUW and BARNARD [7]. They operated on 45 to 55 day pregnant mongrel bitches and interfered with the bloodsupply of the fetal bowel, partly by ligation of the arterial branches supplying it and partly by creating strangulation obstruction.…”

Epidemiological Investigations of an Outbreak of Intestinal Atresia in Two Israeli Dairy Herds.

“…Louw and Bernard [11] have suggested that interruption of the mesenteric blood supply during manipulation of the vesicle might cause some injuries.…”

Intestinal Atresia : A Case Report

“…5 A mesenteric vascular accident has been implicated as a causative factor for intestinal atresia. 4 Antenatal vascular accidents can result in four types of lesions depending on the severity of the accident and the subsequent healing: short bowel, intestinal stenosis, intestinal atresia, and enteric duplication. 6 A baby with multiple atresias has the evidence of ischemic insult in the form of intra-abdominal calcification.…”

“…Most jejunoileal atresia is the result of a late intrauterine mesenteric vascular catastrophe. 4 Case Report A term male baby weighing 2900 grams was born by cesarean section to a 4 th gravida of 37 years old diabetic mother at BIRDEM hospital. At the age of 04 days, baby was referred to Dhaka Medical College and admitted in our department with the complaints of no passage of meconium since birth, several episodes of projectile bilious vomiting since birth and huge abdominal distention for 02 days.…”