ABSTRACT
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1. INTRODUCTION
Minimally invasive surgical techniques are now standard treatment for commonly encoun-
tered diseases of childhood such as acute appendicitis and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
As pediatric surgeons have become more comfortable with these techniques, they have
been applied to a variety of more unusual disorders of the small intestine such as
Meckel diverticulum, intestinal duplications, intestinal obstruction, and intussusception.
This chapter will summarize the principles of laparoscopic treatment for a variety of
small intestinal disorders, as well as the current available evidence for these principles.
