NCT03256669

Umblical Incision for Neonatal Surgery

Umblical Incision for Neonatal Surgey; is it Suitable

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assiut University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Hours – 20 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Abdominal exploration leave an ugly scar that live with the baby forever, laparoscopy can solve the problem to some extent by making a smaller scar but takes more time and need special surgical skills. Umbilical incision can combine the advantage of open and laparoscopy and avoid the drawbacks of both.

Detailed description

six cases were subjected to the study 2 cases have duodenal atresia, one case has annular pancreas, one case has jujenal atresia chritmas tree, one case has jujenal web and a case of malrotation. all of them had made exploration by the umbilical incision, and no drains had been used.

Conditions

• Neonatal Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	umbilical incision	exploration through umbilical incision

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2018-04-01
• First posted: 2017-08-22
• Last updated: 2018-04-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt