Open AccessChildhood intussusception: A prospective study of management trend in a developing country
Author(s) -
Olakayode Olaolu Ogundoyin,
D I Olulana,
Taiwo A. Lawal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.172541
Subject(s) - medicine , intussusception (medical disorder) , incidence (geometry) , presentation (obstetrics) , prospective cohort study , general surgery , surgery , pediatrics , physics , optics
The management of intussusception has evolved universally from the use of hydrostatic reduction through operative reduction to the use of pneumatic reduction for the acute and uncomplicated cases and surgical reduction for the complicated cases. However, the process of evolution has been very slow in the developing countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa, due to lack of requisite facilities and expertise to manage these patients nonoperatively. This study examined the trends in the management of childhood intussusception in a developing country, compared operative and nonoperative modalities of treatment, and assessed the impact of delayed presentation on the outcome of management.