저자들은 임신 37주에 초음파검사에 의해 태아의 장폐쇄증을 진단하여 임신 39주에 제왕절개 분만후 분만당일 수술로 교정하여 성공했던 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

Congenital intestinal atresia is a relatively rare lesion, occurring in 1 of 330 to 20,000 births and results in high mortality during the neonatal period. It is the one amenable to successful surgical correction and has good prognosis by early teratment. The following factors have significant influence on prognosis in neonatal congenital atresia ; gestational age, birth weight, age at the time of operation, the level of obstruction along the intestinal tract, the natrue of the operative procedure, and associated congenital problems. We report a case of ileal atresia diagnosed by ultrasongrapy at 37 weeks gestational age and operated on the day of cesarean section with a brief review of literatures.