gastrointestinal tract
Last reviewed 01/2018
The gastrointestinal tract is a common site of paediatric disorders that may be treated surgically:
- foreign body ingestion
- congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
- neonatal intestinal obstruction
- meconium ileus, meconium plug syndrome
- stenosis / atresia:
- oesophagus
- duodenum
- bile ducts
- jejunum & ileum
- peritoneal bands
- volvulus & intussusception
- incarcerated inguinal hernia
- annular pancreas
- Hirschsprung's disease
- choledochal cysts
- fissure in ano
- rectal prolapse
- rectal polyps
infantile pyloric stenosis (PS)