J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 81(9): 869-872, 1980

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Report on the annual meeting

LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP STUDIES OF CONGENITAL INTRINSIC ATRESIA AND STENOSIS OF THE INTESTINE

Follow-up studies for more than ten years in 13 patients with operated congenital intrinsic atresia and stenosis of the intestine disclosed that most of the patients achieved normal physical and intellectual development, however, the results of Ushijima's capability test for social life performed in 1972 showed deficient development in social life activities. Two of 13 patients required reoperation 13 and 17 years after the initial lateral anastomosis due to repeated bouts of abdominal pain and bilious vomiting, and another two patients with side-to-side and end-to-side anastomosis complained occasional abdominal pain and constipation or diarrhea. Dilatation of the blind end of the duodenum and delayed passage of barium were observed in patient without a complaint 12 years after a lateral duodeno-jejunostomy. The superiority of an end-to-end or functionally end-to-end anastomosis was confirmed.

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