“…These 2 deaths were both approached with initial laparotomy and were both in group A, in which 64% of the neonates with suspected volvulus did indeed have volvulus intraoperatively. The 2 most recent large series with 154 and 284 patients who underwent open or laparoscopic Ladd procedure reported no deaths [10,11]. However, these 2 series included only patients who had undergone a Ladd procedure, had proportionally fewer patients with volvulus (15%) [10], and involved patients who were older than those in our series (median age, 3 months to 6 years) [10,11].…”