Tailoring the small-bowel follow-through examination postoperatively in gastroschisis patients

摘要

The purpose of this paper is to establish a small-bowel follow-through (SBFT) protocol in postoperative gastroschisis patients. In 15 years, 19 SBFT examinations have been performed to diagnose or exclude obstruction in 61 gastroschisis patients. The average examination required 6.7 overhead films (range 3–15) and lasted 34 h (1–190 h). The diagnosis of intestinal obstruction was supported on SBFT in only 1 of 19 patients who underwent this examination. In the other 18, the examination showed no obstruction (13 patients) or was nonconclusive (5 patien