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CLINICAL PROFILE AND SURGICAL OUTCOMES OF NEONATES WITH DUODENAL ATRESIA: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CENTRE, SOUTH -EAST, NIGERIA

Ugwu Jideofor Okechukwu Irem Joseph Ekuma Ekwunife Hyginus Okechukwu Modekwe Victor Ifeanyichukwu Ugwu Nwanneka Okechukwu 1 Ojiakor Samuel Chukwudi 2

Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 5025 Nnewi Anambra State, Nigeria 1Department of Paediatrics Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, P.M.B. 5025 Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria 2Department of Anaesthesiology Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, PMB 5025 Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria

Pediatric Surgery in Tropics. 2026;3(2) DOI: https://doi.org 10.70947/PST2026.25

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Abstract

Duodenal atresia is a congenital gastrointestinal anomaly requiring prompt surgical intervention. Globally, duodenal atresia is the most common form of intestinal atresias. In Nigeria however, it is second to jejunoileal atresias. This study aimed to describe the clinical profile and surgical outcomes of neonates with duodenal atresia in a Nigerian tertiary hospital and to identify factors affecting outcomes.

Keywords

Congenital intestinal obstructions, duodenal atresias, Kimura’s duodenoduodenostomy, prematurity, VACTERL