Follow-up Care

Female Newborn Admitted to NICU with Respiratory Failure and Seizures


Case Summary

A case was shared of a newborn with respiratory failure, seizures, and bowel distension, which led to a series of diagnostic tests and eventual surgery. Dr. Castrillon discussed the appropriate next steps for the patient, with most attendees agreeing on a leveling biopsy with a stoma. The discussion also covered the timing for the pull-through procedure, with most agreeing on when the patient is toilet trained for urine and accepts rectal irrigations.

4-Year-Old Female Patient with Right Colostomy at Birth (Hendren Patient Case)

  • 4-year-old girl sent from abroad in 1986
  • Right colostomy at birth
  • At age 4 months, posterior sagittal operation was attempted, but abandoned after the UGS was inadvertently transected
  • An S.P. tube was placed
  • 8 months later, colostomy was closed and a stricture of the neourethra was opened endoscopically
  • Patient was sullen, unhappy, and uncommunicative when first seen