[Ladd laparoscopic procedure in the neonate]

The treatment of the intestinal malrotation with or without midgut volvulus with the Ladd procedure for laparoscopic way has been proposed by several authors since 1995. We carry out this treatment in a patient of 15 days old with intestinal malrotation and midgut volvulus. After clinical and radiologic diagnosis, the procedure consisted in the careful counterclock reduction of the volvulus, division of the Ladd's bands, incision of the common mesentery and appendectomy. The jejunum and ileum was positioned on the rigth and the colon on the left in the abdominal cavity. The postoperative evolution was appropiate. We recommend the laparoscopic Ladd's procedure like an alternative in the patients with midgut volvulus that fulfill minimum approaches during the preoperative study that allow to carry out the surgery with security.