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Postoperative intussusception in children.
- Source :
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Acta chirurgica Belgica [Acta Chir Belg] 2005 Apr; Vol. 105 (2), pp. 187-9. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Postoperative intussusception (POI) is an uncommon cause of postoperative mechanical bowel obstruction in children. Four cases of POI during a period of 15 years (1987-2001) were analysed retrospectively. Symptoms developed after a median period of 2.5 days following the operation. All cases were succesfully treated with operative manual reduction. POI occurs after a wide variety of surgical procedures and is often difficult to diagnose because the symptoms are often obscure. As a conclusion, we state that reaching a diagnose requires a high index of suspicion.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Cohort Studies
Digestive System Surgical Procedures methods
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Ileal Diseases epidemiology
Ileal Diseases surgery
Incidence
Infant
Intussusception epidemiology
Intussusception surgery
Jejunal Diseases epidemiology
Jejunal Diseases surgery
Male
Postoperative Period
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Treatment Outcome
Digestive System Surgical Procedures adverse effects
Ileal Diseases etiology
Intussusception etiology
Jejunal Diseases etiology
Postoperative Complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0001-5458
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Acta chirurgica Belgica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15906912