Title : Alterations of enteric nerve plexus in experimental gastroschisis: is there a delay in the maturation? - Santos_2003_J.Pediatr.Surg_38_1506 |
Author(s) : Santos MM , Tannuri U , Maksoud JG |
Ref : J Pediatr Surg , 38 :1506 , 2003 |
Abstract :
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: After surgical correction of gastroschisis, intestinal transitory hypoperistalsis usually occurs. Long-term parenteral nutrition often is necessary leading to a higher morbidity associated with this malformation. The etiology of this transitory intestinal hypomotility is unknown. It may be caused by a reversible inflammatory process in the intestinal wall or other causes, including an alteration of the maturation of intestinal neural plexus, because the disturbance disappears spontaneously after a variable period. The aim of this work was to study the neuronal cells of the myenteric plexus of the fetal intestine in experimental gastroschisis. The main hypothesis was that the transitory intestinal dismotility seen in gastroschisis could be secondary to alteration in the maturation of the enteric nervous plexus. |
PubMedSearch : Santos_2003_J.Pediatr.Surg_38_1506 |
PubMedID: 14577076 |
Santos MM, Tannuri U, Maksoud JG (2003)
Alterations of enteric nerve plexus in experimental gastroschisis: is there a delay in the maturation?
J Pediatr Surg
38 :1506
Santos MM, Tannuri U, Maksoud JG (2003)
J Pediatr Surg
38 :1506