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Meconium Ileus

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Meconium ileus occurs due to neonatal obstruction of the ileum by abnormally viscid meconium. This condition is most commonly associated with cystic fibrosis but is also observed in premature and very low birth weight infants. Meconium ileus can range from being a benign disease to a severe condition with complicated meconium ileus requiring urgent surgical intervention. This chapter provides an overview of the condition, its pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

    Kejal Shah

  2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

    Joseph Drews

  3. Clinic of Pediatric Surgery, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany

    Felicitas Eckoldt-Wolke

  4. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Nigeria

    Auwal M. Abubakar

  5. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Benedict C. Nwomeh

  6. Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

    Justina O. Seyi-Olajide

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

    Emmanuel A. Ameh

  2. Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, Rady Children’s Hospital, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

    Stephen W. Bickler

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Kokila Lakhoo

  4. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Colombus, OH, USA

    Benedict C. Nwomeh

  5. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Dan Poenaru

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Shah, K., Drews, J., Eckoldt-Wolke, F., Abubakar, A.M., Nwomeh, B.C., Seyi-Olajide, J.O. (2020). Meconium Ileus. In: Ameh, E.A., Bickler, S.W., Lakhoo, K., Nwomeh, B.C., Poenaru, D. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41724-6_67

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