J Korean Surg Soc.  2010 Oct;79(4):300-305. 10.4174/jkss.2010.79.4.300.

The Experience of Operative Management in Jejunoileal Atresia

• Nam SH
• Park SY
• Kim DY
• Kim SC
• Kim IK

• KMID: 2145033
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4174/jkss.2010.79.4.300

Abstract

PURPOSE
Intestinal atresia is a common cause of neonatal intestinal obstruction. Recently, the survival rate has been increasing from development of prenatal diagnosis, total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and neonatal intensive care. We evaluated the complication rate and cause of mortality after operative management for jejunoileal atresia.
METHODS
We reviewed 62 patients (36 males, 26 females) with jejuno-ileal atresia who underwent operation from 1998 to 2007.
RESULTS
There were 37 patients with jejunal atresia and 25 with ileal atresia. The average gestational age was 256+/-16.6 days and birth weight was 2,824+/-620 g. Prenatal diagnosis was performed in 45 patients (72.6%) around gestational age 27 weeks. Within 2nd day after birth, 44 patients (71%) underwent operation. Half of the jejunoileal atresia was type IIIa and type I was in 8, type II was in 3, type IIIb was in 12, and type IV was in 8. The operative treatment was resection & anastomosis in 59 patients and enterotomy & web excision in 3. They started feeding at 12.4+/-11.5 days after operation on average. The average duration of TPN was 26.7+/-23.5 days, and the incidence of cholestasis was 30.6%. Hospital days averaged 36.8+/-26 days. Early complication occurred in 14 patients (intestinal obstruction in 5, sepsis in 4, wound problem in 3, anastomosis leakage in 1, and intraabdominal abscess in 1). Late complication occurred in 7 patients (anastomosis stricture in 4 and intestinal obstruction in 3). There was only one case of mortality due to short bowel syndrome after re-operation for adhesive ileus.
CONCLUSION
The operation for intestinal atresia was successful and aggressive management contributed to a low mortality rate.

Keyword

Intestinal atresia; Jejunal atresia; Ileal atresia; Neonatal intestinal obstruction

MeSH Terms

Abscess
Adhesives
Birth Weight
Cholestasis
Constriction, Pathologic
Gestational Age
Humans
Ileus
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care, Neonatal
Intestinal Atresia
Intestinal Obstruction
Male
Parenteral Nutrition, Total
Parturition
Prenatal Diagnosis
Sepsis
Short Bowel Syndrome
Survival Rate
Adhesives

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