Treatment of long tubular duplications by sub-seromuscular excision of the mucosal tube: Modification of an old technique: a case report

ABSTRACT

An 8-month-old child at the time of operation was found to have an 85-cm long tubular duplication of small intestine, along the antimesenteric border closely adherent to the normal intestine. A sub-seromuscular mucosectomy of the duplicated bowel was performed. Whole 85 cm of the resected mucosa was removed intact, not causing even a single tear in the mucosa. The sero-muscular layers were closed over each other so that no raw area was left. The child had an uneventful recovery