Question

What are the causes of neonatal intestinal obstruction?

Answer

Neonatal intestinal obstruction is a common digestive tract malformation that leads to intestinal obstruction in newborns, posing a serious threat to the child’s life. Over the past 20 years, advancements in microbiological research, improved diagnostic techniques, improved technical procedures, and good preoperative and postoperative monitoring, especially the application of intravenous hyperalimentation, have greatly increased survival rates. Congenital intestinal obstruction has no hope for life without surgery. The timing of surgery, preoperative preparation, and postoperative care, such as warming, gastrointestinal decompression, dehydration correction, intravenous nutrition, and oral secretions cleaning, directly affect the prognosis of intestinal obstruction.