Open AccessAdult intussusception at a tertiary care center: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Sulfekar Meera Sainaba,
Aravind S Ganapath,
Anoop Sivakumar,
A V Gayathri,
Induprabha Yadev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian journal of surgery/nigerian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7100
pISSN - 1117-6806
DOI - 10.4103/njs.njs_38_19
Subject(s) - medicine , intussusception (medical disorder) , abdominal pain , surgery , abdomen , retrospective cohort study , general surgery , gangrene
In adults, the majority of cases of intussusception are due to malignancy.