Patient's question:
My colleague's son has been diagnosed with neonatal intestinal atresia. What is this condition? How can it be treated? I would like to request some help. Is this condition very expensive to treat?Doctor's answer:
Hello. Congenital intestinal atresia is a common gastrointestinal malformation that causes intestinal obstruction in newborns, severely threatening the life of the affected child. In the early stages, the mortality rate of this disease is very high. In the past 20 years, advances in etiological research, improvements in diagnostic techniques, better preoperative and postoperative monitoring, and especially the application of parenteral nutrition have significantly increased survival rates. Congenital intestinal atresia, if not surgically treated, offers no hope for life. The timing of surgical treatment, preoperative preparation, and postoperative care, such as maintaining warmth, gastrointestinal decompression, correcting dehydration, parenteral nutrition, and oral secretion hygiene, directly affect the prognosis of intestinal atresia.