Letter to the Editor Regarding "Five Hundred Patients with Gut Malrotation: Thirty Years of Experience with the Introduction of a New Surgical Procedure"

In the October 2021 edition of Annals of Surgery, Abu-Elmagd, et al, present a manuscript titled “Five hundred patients with gut malrotation: Thirty years of experience with the introduction of a new surgical procedure.”1 Among the authors’ stated objectives are to define the clinical spectrum and long-term outcomes of intestinal malrotation as well as to introduce a new procedure and establish predictive models. The new procedure is described as a 3-4 hour operation that involves liberation of the duodenum and mobilization of the entire midgut, with completion of the 270-degree counterclockwise-rotation and fixation of the intestine in multiple areas.