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Case report| Volume 33, ISSUE 2, P312-314, February 1953

Strangulated transmesenteric hernia in an erythroblastotic newborn

Report of a case treated by resection and anastomosis with survival
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      Abstract

      • 1.
        1. A case of strangulated transmesenteric hernia in a newborn infant with erythroblastosis fetalis is presented.
      • 2.
        2. This is believed to represent the youngest patient to survive resection and primary anastomosis.
      • 3.
        3. The possible causes, the clinical manifestations, and the treatment of this lesion are discussed.
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