Abstract:Bowel malrotation is an abnormality in the rotation of the primary intestinal loop during embryonic life. It is a severe abnormality exposing the patient to fatal complications. We report here a series of five patients presenting digestive malrotation with various malformative associations. The first three cases are multiple intestinal atresia on incomplete common mesentery. They underwent an intestinal anastomosis: end-lateral duodeno-ileal for one and end-to-end jejuno-jejunal for the other two with Ladd pro… Show more
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