Surgical Management of Childhood Intussusception and its Outcome in DHQ Teaching Hospital, D. I. Khan
Background: Intussusception is the commonest cause of intestinal obstruction in children. It can be managed by non-operative reduction or surgically. This study was conducted to assess our experience with surgical management of childhood intussusception and its outcome. Material & Methods: A re...
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Gomal Medical College, D.I.Khan, Pakistan
2012-12-01
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| description | Background: Intussusception is the commonest cause of intestinal obstruction in children. It can be managed by non-operative reduction or surgically. This study was conducted to assess our experience with surgical management of childhood intussusception and its outcome.
Material & Methods: A retrospective study of the medical records of admitted cases of childhood intussusception from 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2010, in District Headquarter Hospital, Dera Ismail Khan was undertaken.
Results: Out of 50 cases, 31(62%) were male and 19(38%) female. The age range was 3 months to 10 years. Majority of the cases (60%) presented with the classic triad of vomiting, abdominal pain and rectal bleeding. After resuscitation, all the patients were operated upon. In 20 patients (40%), manual reduction with appendisectomy was done while in the remaining 30(60%) patients, resection and end to end anastomosis was done. Post-operative complications occurred in 14% of cases. Four (8%) developed wound infection, 1(2%) pneumonia, 2(4%) incisional hernia, and one patient died due to septicemia.
Conclusion: The surgical management of intussusception has good outcome in outcome in our setting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53b8646109cd42a3b095e941facb3c5e2022-12-21T23:51:13ZengGomal Medical College, D.I.Khan, PakistanGomal Journal of Medical Sciences1819-79731997-20672012-12-01102542Surgical Management of Childhood Intussusception and its Outcome in DHQ Teaching Hospital, D. I. KhanAkhtar MunirSheikh Qais FalahDastageer WaheedBackground: Intussusception is the commonest cause of intestinal obstruction in children. It can be managed by non-operative reduction or surgically. This study was conducted to assess our experience with surgical management of childhood intussusception and its outcome. Material & Methods: A retrospective study of the medical records of admitted cases of childhood intussusception from 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2010, in District Headquarter Hospital, Dera Ismail Khan was undertaken. Results: Out of 50 cases, 31(62%) were male and 19(38%) female. The age range was 3 months to 10 years. Majority of the cases (60%) presented with the classic triad of vomiting, abdominal pain and rectal bleeding. After resuscitation, all the patients were operated upon. In 20 patients (40%), manual reduction with appendisectomy was done while in the remaining 30(60%) patients, resection and end to end anastomosis was done. Post-operative complications occurred in 14% of cases. Four (8%) developed wound infection, 1(2%) pneumonia, 2(4%) incisional hernia, and one patient died due to septicemia. Conclusion: The surgical management of intussusception has good outcome in outcome in our setting.http://gjms.com.pk/ojs24/index.php/gjms/article/view/783 |
| spellingShingle | Akhtar Munir Sheikh Qais Falah Dastageer Waheed Surgical Management of Childhood Intussusception and its Outcome in DHQ Teaching Hospital, D. I. Khan Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences |
| title | Surgical Management of Childhood Intussusception and its Outcome in DHQ Teaching Hospital, D. I. Khan |
| title_full | Surgical Management of Childhood Intussusception and its Outcome in DHQ Teaching Hospital, D. I. Khan |
| title_fullStr | Surgical Management of Childhood Intussusception and its Outcome in DHQ Teaching Hospital, D. I. Khan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surgical Management of Childhood Intussusception and its Outcome in DHQ Teaching Hospital, D. I. Khan |
| title_short | Surgical Management of Childhood Intussusception and its Outcome in DHQ Teaching Hospital, D. I. Khan |
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