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Objective:To explore the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of inverted Meckel′s diverticulum in children, and to summarize the clinical experience.Methods:Ten children who received surgical treatment in Beijing Children′s Hospital, Capital Medical University from October 2018 to October 2021 were retrospectively analyzed.The children were diagnosed with Mecker′s diverticulum.Their data were complete and their fo-llow-up information was available.The clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis were summarized.There were 6 males and 4 females, whose age of onset ranged from 5 months to 12 years and 5 months.The clinical manifestations were abdominal pain in 8 cases, crying in 2 cases and bloody stool in 3 cases.B-ultrasound showed suspected diseases secondary to inverted Meckel′s diverticulum, including small intestinal intussusception in 6 cases and back junction type intussusception in 4 cases.One case of small intestinal intussusception was misdiagnosed after laparoscopic exploration in other hospitals and suffered from recurrent intussusception.All patients underwent segmental bowel resection.Results:Of the 10 children, 8 cases received laparoscopic exploration and 2 cases underwent open surgery for secondary intestinal necrosis.Postoperative pathology revealed Meckel′s diverticulum.Ectopic tissue was accessible in 8 cases, including ectopic gastric tissue in 7 cases, and ectopic pancreas in 1 case.During the postoperative follow-up period (1 month-3 years), the patients were generally in good condition with no complications such as intestinal obstruction.Conclusions:Intussusception secondary to inverted Meckel′s diverticulum is rare and difficult to diagnose before operation.The diagnosis should be confirmed by surgical exploration and postoperative pathology.However, careful surgical exploration is required since inverted Meckel′s diverticulum is prone to be misdiagnosed during exploration.
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Objective To summarize our therapeutic experiences on patients with pediatric spontaneous biliary duct perforation.Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of patients diagnosed as spontaneous biliary duct perforation who were admitted into the Department of Pediatric General Surgery,the Beijing Children Hospital from January 2008 to December 2014,and summarized the therapeutic experiences.Results There were 7 boys and 18 girls,with a average age of 2.4 years (range 11 months to 10 years).Twenty-one patients (84.0％) were diagnosed by ultrasonography.Two patients were treated with conservative therapy and were discharged home.The remaining 23 patients were treated with emergent surgery.Of these patients,9 were treated with cholecystostomy and abdominal drainage (the cholecystostomy group),and the remaining 14 were treated with choledochal drainage and abdominal drainage (the choledochal drainage group).The mean hospitalization stay for the cholecystostomy group was 25.2 days,and 3 patients developed comphcations (33.3％).The mean hospitalization stay for thecholedochal drainage group was 16.1 day,and 2 patients developed complications (14.2％).Twenty-four patients were diagnosed to suffer from congenital choledochal cysts or pancreaticobiliary maljunction by imaging studies during or after surgery.Elective choledochal cystectomy with hepaticojejunostomy were performed on 23 stable patients who developed no severe complications.Conclusions Pediatric spontaneous bile duct perforation is closely related with congenital choledochal cysts,and the pathological basis in diagnosis is pancreaticobiliary maljunction.Bile duct elastic fiber hypogenesis and specific blood supply are important to the onset of perforation.Abdominal ultrasonography plays an important role in the diagnosis.Patients with peritoneal irritation and non-localized perforation should be operated in time,and choledochal drainage with abdominal drainage is a good treatment choice.All patients diagnosed as congenital choledochal cysts or pancreaticobiliary maljunction should undergo elective choledochal cystectomy with hepaticojejunostomy.
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Objective To retrospectively analyze the therapeutic effect of ligaturing pericardial blood vessel combined splenectomy for treating children with gastrointestinal bleeding and hypersplenism secondary to cavernous transformation of portal vein (CTPV).Methods Retrospectively analyzed 30 cases of children with CTPV admitted by Beijing Children's Hospital in General Surgery Department from Jan.2005 to Dec.2012,and evaluated the clinical efficacy of ligaturing pericardial blood vessel combined splenectomy for treating children with gastrointestinal bleeding and hypersplenism secondary to CTPV.Results All of 30 cases admitted operation without serious complication.All children admitted follow-up from 6 to 60 months.Seven cases of 22 patients with gastrointestinal bleeding relapsed bleeding post operation and were cured by conservative treatment.Four cases of 7 relapsing bleeding children had NSAID.All cases of 8 children with simple hypersplenism suggested normal results of blood routine post operation,2 children occurred bloody stools who were cured by conservative treatment.None of patients had serious infection correlating with splenectomy.The size of spleen of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding is larger than patients with simple hypersplenism.Conclusions (1) Ligaturing pericardial blood vessel combined splenectomy is a good choice for children with gastrointestinal bleeding and hypersplenism secondary to CTPV.(2) NSAID may increase the recurrence rate of gastrointestinal bleeding post operation.(3) There may be a negative correlation between the size of spleen and the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding for children with CTPV.