Nonfixation of the falciform ligament discovered during laparoscopic pyloromyotomy in a 3-week-old infant: A potential cause of intestinal obstruction

Failure of the peritoneum to fuse with the umbilical vein can lead to nonfixation of the falciform ligament. The exposed remnant of umbilical vein persists as a congenital band spanning the peritoneal cavity from the umbilicus to the liver. This abnormality has been associated with internal herniati...

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Main Authors: Caroline Maloney, Meade Barlow, Samuel Z. Soffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221357661630029X