[Combination of esophageal atresia with proximal tracheoesophageal fistula and meconium peritonitis: a case report]

We report a patient with combination of esophageal atresia, proximal tracheoesophageal fistula and meconium peritonitis. These two rare disorders have different etiology, pathogenetic mechanisms and require different diagnostic manipulations and surgical treatments. The authors discuss the features of diagnosis and surgical treatment of this disease.

[Postoperative intussusception in children]

The authors present diagnosis and treatment of two children with postoperative intussusception. A 6-month baby with retroperitoneal teratoma developed clinical signs of intestinal obstruction in 2 days after surgery. The child underwent redo laparotomy, and ileocecal intussusception was found. In the second case, a 6-month baby with choledochal cyst underwent laparotomy, cyst excision and Roux-en-Y-hepaticojejunostomy. Six days later, clinical deterioration with signs of bowel obstruction appeared. Redo laparotomy was performed for early adhesive ileus, and ileoileal intussusception was observed. In both cases, postoperative intussusception was diagnosed during relaparatomy that confirms the complexity of diagnosis.

[Rare abdominal diseases in emergency surgery]

Treatment of 3 children with rare abdominal diseases are presented in the article: acute gangrenous cholecystitis in newborn, gallbladder torsion, vermiform appendix torsion. The authors recall the existence of such rare diseases, especially in those cases when clinical symptoms of acute surgical abdominal pathology do not fit into the well-known canons. Diagnosis was established intraoperatively in all children that confirms difficult diagnosis of these diseases.