Ladd's bands

Ladd's bands, sometimes called bands of Ladd is a fibrous stalk of peritoneal tissue that attaches the cecum to the abdominal wall, and creates an obstruction of the duodenum. This condition is found in malrotation of the intestine.

A surgical operation called a "Ladd procedure" is performed to alleviate intestinal malrotation. This procedure involves surgical division of Ladd's bands, widening of the small intestine's mesentery, performing an appendectomy and correctional placement of the cecum and colon.

Ladd's bands and the Ladd procedure are named after American pediatrician, William Edwards Ladd (1880-1967)

References

* [http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site1181/printerfriendlypageS1181P0.html Children's Hospital Boston, Intestinal malrotation]
* [http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1200.htm eMedicine, Intestinal Malrotation]