[Neonatal treatment of Hirschsprung disease using the Duhamel-Martin technique]. / Tratamiento neonatal de la enfermedad de hirschsprung mediante la técnica de Duhamel-Martin.

The definitive surgical treatment in the first months of life without colostomy are essential principles at present in the management of Hirschsprung's disease. The appearing of little size stapling devices like EndoGIA, from the development of laparoscopic surgery, make possible the application of the classical surgicall procedures on early age patients. The experience in five patients operated under two months of life with the Duhamel-Martin procedure is reported. Only in one case previous colostomy was performed for one episode of enterocolitis at age of fifthteen days. The stapling of both pouches was performed with EndoGIA. The agartglionic pouch was closed with TA Roticulator. That provides a reduction in the high of the aganglionic pouch at minimum. Follow-up varied from 3 months to 2 years, without any complication.

[Cantrell's pentalogy: complete treatment, step by step]. / Pentalogía de Cantrell: tratamiento completo, paso a paso.

Since MAYOR and CANTRELL described in 1953 and in 1958 the ectopia cordis associated to other four anomalies, few cases have been reported, and only a small part of them have survived. We report the case of a neonate who presented with the features of the pentalogy. On the 3rd day we found at operation the heart laying over the left hepatic lobe, no pericardium could be identified and diaphragm was absent at its anterior edge. We made an "isolating sac" with duramadre fixed to the anterior thoracic wall, to both sides and to the posterior diaphragmatic defect. The initial management of the ventral defect is described. At the age of two years we initiated the definitive treatment aiming to: 1. To protect the heart. 2. To correct the huge abdominal eventration following the closure of the omphalocele. We described in details the technic employed to cover the precordial defect, to reconstruct the diaphragm, and finally as we treated in three consecutives stages the huge abdominal eventration.

[Ectopic gastric mucosa in the proximal esophagus]. / Mucosa gástrica ectópica en esófago proximal.

Gastric mucosa is not found often in the proximal and medial esophagus. Hematemesis and dysphagia are the most frequent symptoms. We report a six year-old child who complained of difficulty in swallowing. A filling defect was detect in the esophagogram. We biopsied the suspected area, through an endoscopy and the pathological examination informed of ectopic gastric mucosa. We performed a 99Tc isotopic study. The child is on ambulatory controls and at the moment is asymptomatic.