Duodenal atresia historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]

Overview

In 1900, J. Tandler reported duodenal stenosis due to failure of recanalization of duodenum during fetal development in pregnancy. In 1961, Thomas Santulli and William Blanc described the figure 8 formation of small bowel, which is described as apple-peel intestinal atresia. In 1936, William Ladd developed a surgical procedure to correct the duodenal malrotation.

Duodenal atresia discovery is as follows:^[1]^[2]

In 1900, J. Tandler was the first to discover the association of duodenal stenosis due to failure of recanalization of the embryonic duodenum and the development of duodenal atresia.
In 1961, Thomas V. Santulli and William A. Blanc described apple-peel intestinal atresia, which is the figure 8 formation of the small bowel.

In 1936, a surgical procedure was developed by William Ladd to to correct the malrotation of duodenal atresia.^[3]

↑ Tandler J. Zur entwicklungsdes chichte des menschlichen duodenum in fruhen embry-onalstedien. Morphol Jahrb 1900; 29: 187
↑ SANTULLI TV, BLANC WA (1961). “Congenital atresia of the intestine: pathogenesis and treatment”. Ann Surg. 154: 939–48. PMC 1465932. PMID 14497096.
↑ Morris, Grant; Kennedy, Alfred; Cochran, William (2016). “Small Bowel Congenital Anomalies: a Review and Update”. Current Gastroenterology Reports. 18 (4). doi:10.1007/s11894-016-0490-4. ISSN 1522-8037.