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Assessment of Hydrostatic Enema Reduction under General Anesthesia in Treatment of Primary Intussusception in Children

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Background: Intussusception represents a common abdominal emergency, to which most of the cases of intestinal obstruction in early childhood are attributed, coming second after pyloric stenosis. Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of hydrostatic enema reduction in idiopathic pediatric intussusception cases. Patients and methods: This was a cross sectional research performed on 33 children diagnosed with intussusception in the Pediatric Surgery Unit at Suez Canal University Hospital. All of them were subjected to hydrostatic enema reduction. Results: There were multiple predisposing factors that are believed to play a role in the pathophysiology of intussusception in children. Intussusception was diagnosed through the utilization of conventional abdominal radiographs, sonography, or contrast enema examinations of the colon, which might include air. Intussusception was successfully reduced in thirty-one patients (94%), whereas operative intervention was required in two individuals (6%). Duration of symptoms was found to be significantly related with success rate of reduction; the shorter the duration, the higher the rate of success. Bleeding per rectum was found to be unrelated to the success rate of reduction. Conclusion: Fluoroscopy-guided hydrostatic reduction is highly recommended in kids with intussusception. This procedure is characterized by being non-invasive, easy, highly successful, and has the lowest rate of recurrence, morbidity and mortality.  

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10.21608/ejhm.2024.354954

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Hydrostatic Enema, Intussusception, Pediatric

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95

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1

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46984

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2024-04-01

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2024-05-17

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2024-04-01

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1,843

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1,847

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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606

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of Hydrostatic Enema Reduction under General Anesthesia in Treatment of Primary Intussusception in Children

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24 Dec 2024