Neonatal total gastrectomy as treatment for gastric rupture – Case report (2025) Arturo Javier Cavazos Castro

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This case report details the successful management of a 2-day-old neonate who suffered extensive gastric perforation, likely from suspected barotrauma, requiring total gastrectomy and pouchless Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostomy reconstruction. The report highlights the high morbidity of this condition and confirms the adequacy of the surgical technique and multidisciplinary care, noting the patient maintained an adequate nutritional status 2.9 years postoperatively.