Intussusceptions in adults are a rare entity, representing only 1% of all bowel obstructions and 5% of all intussusceptions [1, 2]. In children, intussusception is usually idiopathic and benign, with up to 30% of patients coinciding with gastroenteritis [3]. Non-operative reduction using air or contrast enemas is sufficient to treat intussusception in 80% of pediatric patients. In adults howeve...

Traditionally, adult intussusception has required a bowel resection because of the malignancy risk. A patient with anorexia, weight loss, and abdominal pain visited our clinic. A physical exam and imaging study revealed no acute peritoneal signs. A colonoscopy for biopsy and bowel reduction was attempted. The tissue sample was consistent with intestinal tuberculosis. We report intestinal tuberc...

Intussusception in adults is a rare clinical entity. The individual surgeon will not often encounter this condition. A lead-point for adult intussusception exists in 90% of cases and is frequently malignant. We present four cases and discuss treatment and diagnostic modalities. A comprehensive review of the literature is given. All cases were treated by resection according to oncologic principl...

Abstract Background Intussusception is the one of commonest causes intestinal obstruction requiring urgent attention in early childhood. There no gold standard non-operative reduction. We report our 6 years’ experience reduction using “RIGHT” (Reduction under General anesthesia Hydrostatic Technique) technique, emphasizing need to perform procedure operating room (OR) general anesthesia. This p...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine whether climate factors correlate with variations in the rate of pediatric intussusception cases presenting to the Children's Hospital in Suzhou, China. MATERIAL AND METHODS The hospital records of 5,994 pediatric cases of intussusception who had presented between Aug 2006 and Dec 2011 were retrospectively analyzed. Demographic data and air enema...

OBJECTIVES To review all paediatric patients with intussusception over the last 17 years. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING A tertiary centre in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Children who presented with intussusception from January 1997 to December 2014 were reviewed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The duration of symptoms, successful treatment modalities, complication rate, and length of hospital...

intussusception is a common pediatric surgical emergency, but rarely seen postoperatively as a cause of obstruction. this complication occurs after abdominal, thoracic, orthopaedic and urologic operations. ileus and obstruction due to adhesion band are the common causes of postoperative obstruction, however, although intussusception is less frequent but can be serious. we have to consider this ...

Background. Intussusception is the most common cause of bowel obstruction in children under two years of age. The proximal part of the bowel and its mesentery (the intussusceptum) enter within that part immediately beneath it (the intussuscipiens). Being pulled by peristalsis the mesenterial vessels get compressed which result in ishaemia of the bowel wall. Most intussusceptions are ileocolic. ...

and successfully treated using endoscopic submucosal dissection Adult intussusception represents 5% of all cases of intussusception, and accounts for 1% of all cases of bowel obstruction [1]. Due to the significant risk of malignancy associated with this condition, with neoplasia found in approximately 65% of cases [2], intussusception in adults is treated by surgery, and in most cases cancer i...