Abstract
Five neonates with uncomplicated meconium ileus were successfully managed by laparotomy and T tube ileostomy. This method seems to offer advantages over other surgical techniques used in the management of uncomplicated meconium ileus that fails to respond to decompression by Gastrografin enema.
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