Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Mesenteric Hiatual Hernia / 实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the early diagnosis and treatment of congenital mesenteric hiatual hernia.Methods A retrospective study was carried out in 4 patients with congenital mesenteric hiatual hernia in Tongji hospital from Nov.2005 to Mar.2007,and combining lite-rature,the diagnosis and treatment of mesenteric hiatal hernia was summed up.Results Four patients were diagnosed in operation.One case was thought as adhesive intestinal obstruction before operation;two patients were on emergency operation and 2 patients were on time-elective operation;one patient preoperative CT scan may suggest mesenteric hiatal hernia;one case had partial resection of small intestinal,the others were replaced the intestine and fixed the defect.One patient occurred early septic shock;all of them had get well.Conclusions It′s hard to diagnose the congenital mesenteric hiatual hernia before operation.Abdomen CT examination and multislice spiral CT angiography (MSCTA) help to diagnose.Early diagnosis and timely operation are the therapeutic key of congenital mesenteric hiatual heria.For the patients with recurrent abdominal pain,who was not confirmed with a variety of inspection,laparoscopic exploration can provide diagnosis,and can take the initiative to control the development of disease.