abstract background: esophageal replacement is indicated in certain circumstances including long gap esophageal atresia, severe strictures due to gastro-esophageal reflux (ger) and caustic burns. we analyzed our results of 18 patients who underwent esophageal replacement in our university hospital. methods: we reviewed esophageal replacements carried out in our department between june 1996 and ...

Intestinal invaginations in adults are rare phenomenon . The most critical etiological causes malignancies. common symptoms abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, inability to pass flatus and defecation, distention the abdomen due intestinal obstruction. On physical examination, distention, decreased bowel sounds sometimes a mass may be palpable on deep palpation.
 In direct radiography, air-li...

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A neonate was admitted on the second day of birth in the pediatric ward of Kerman medical sciences university No. 1 Hospital, because of abdominal distention and the absence of penis. Physical findings were lethargia, infancy hyporeflexia, abdominal distention without any organomegally, absence of penis, two touchable masses in the scrotum and a hole on scrotum for urine discharge. CBC and e...

Congenital esophageal atresia needs to be surgically corrected as soon as possible. Some will present with post surgical stricture that needs to be dilated by a balloon dilator. This procedure is difficult in premature born due to infant esophageal size and availability of equipments. We herby report the first case in a premature infant with post surgical esophageal stricture of esophageal atre...