Open AccessA new enema for treatment of intussusception with hydrostatic reduction: Olive oil
Author(s) -
Burhan Beğer,
Ebuzer Düz,
Baran Serdar Kızılyıldız,
Hüseyin Akdenız,
Mehmet Melek,
Kemal Ağengin,
Veli Avcı,
Bülent Sönmez
Publication year - 2019
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/ajps.ajps_83_17
Subject(s) - medicine , saline , intussusception (medical disorder) , ultrasound , surgery , laparotomy , olive oil , reduction (mathematics) , anesthesia , radiology , geometry , mathematics , chemistry , food science
Intussusception is routinely treated using ultrasound-guided hydrostatic reduction (USGHR) with normal saline in our paediatric surgery department. With this study, olive oil was added to normal saline in ultrasound-guided reduction of intussusception.