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PERFORATION OF THE BOWEL DURING BARIUM ENEMA REDUCTION OF INTUSSUSCEPTION IN INFANTS
Author(s) -
DOUGLAS B. S.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1969.tb02819.x
Subject(s) - medicine , barium enema , intussusception (medical disorder) , perforation , complication , extravasation , enema , reduction (mathematics) , barium , barium sulfate , surgery , invagination , colonoscopy , pathology , colorectal cancer , mathematics , cancer , organic chemistry , punching , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , materials science , geometry , metallurgy
Two cases of extravasation of barium into the peritoneum following the reduction of an intussusception by barium enema are described. Some of the causes and consequences of this unusual complication are discussed.