Laparoscopic Versus Open Laparotomy in Management of Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus in Neonates: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Intestinal malrotation is the name for a variety of intestinal attachments and rotation abnormalities that ranged from a mobile cecum to a complete non-rotation of the intestine with or without an associated volvulus of the midgut and reversed rotation. Patients present with midgut volvulus as a complication of intestinal malrotation during the 1st year of life, mostly within the first sevenNewborns with intestinal malrotation mostly present with a scaphoid abdomen and bilious vomiting which is associated with midgut volvulus, which leads to serious outcomes in case of a delay in diagnosis and treatment [2]. Ladd in 1938 described a surgical approach for management and is still the main line of management of malrotation [3]. Ladd's procedure could be performed either by