Surgical Emergencies of the Alimentary Tract of the Newborn

IN THE newborn infant there occur not too infrequently congenital anomalies that, left untreated, result in death. Prompt recognition and adequate surgical correction of the anomaly will result in a gratifying low mortality rate. There are usually no serious associated congenital anomalies so that with correction of the major difficulty the child becomes normal. Not only is the mortality in a given case directly related to promptness of diagnosis and proper surgical treatment, but the period of recovery and convalescence in the hospital is decreased.In the past there has been a well intrenched opinion among medical people that the . . .