AIM The intestinal intussusception in the adult represent 1% of all occlusions. Organic causes are detectable in 90% of cases. Aim of this study is to discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic iter of adult intestinal intussusception with particular emphasis on role of laparoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively considered 10 cases of intussusception between January 2000 and January 20...

OBJECTIVES Antibiotic use in childhood has been hypothesized to increase the risk of intussusception. Antibiotics have well-known effects on gut motility and microflora-possible mechanisms for the hypothesized association. We evaluated the risk of intussusception according to antibiotic use. METHODS We conducted a nationwide cohort study of all Danish singleton children born between 1995 and ...

BACKGROUND Estimates of baseline incidence of childhood intussusception could help safety monitoring after the introduction of rotavirus vaccines. We studied the incidence of intussusception in Uzbekistan, a GAVI-fund eligible state in Central Asia. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed intussusception cases in children <2 years of age treated during 2004-2008 at 15 hospitals in the Bukhara reg...

BACKGROUND Attempted nonsurgical reduction of ileocolic intussusceptions after 48 hours is controversial because of the low probability of reduction and an increased risk of perforation. We sought to retrospectively identify computed tomography (CT) criteria that may help to predict bowel viability and successful enema reduction in children with ileocolic intussusception. METHODS Unanticipate...

BACKGROUND Rotavirus vaccine was licensed on August 31, 1998, and subsequently recommended for routine use among infants. To assess rare adverse events, postlicensure surveillance was conducted. OBJECTIVE To describe the cases of intussusception among rotavirus vaccine recipients reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System from October 1998 through December 1999. SETTING AND PART...

Unexpected reports of intussusception after vaccination with the live tetravalent rotavirus vaccine RotaShield resulted in voluntary withdrawal of the vaccine. Intussusception, a condition in which the intestine acutely invaginates upon itself, is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in children. We report here the development of a mouse model to study rotavirus-induced intussuscepti...

Intussusception, derived from the Latin roots intu “within” and susceptio “action of undertaking,” is the invagination of segments of bowel creating an often-transient obstruction. Adult cases account for only 5% [1] of all gastrointestinal intussusception cases and are commonly attributed to the formation of a small bowel lipoma. Adult intussusception is a very rare occurrence with some estima...

BACKGROUND Intestinal intussusception is a common pathology among children, whereas it is a rare entity in adults. The child/adult ratio is abdominal surgeries and in 1/100 patients operated on for intestinal obstruction. Clinical manifestations of adult intussusception are nonspecific and patients may present with acute, intermittent or chronic symptoms, predominantly those of intestinal obstr...

Unlike pediatric intussusception, intestinal intussusception is infrequent in adults and it is often secondary to a pathological condition. The growing use of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) in abdominal imaging has increased the number of radiological diagnoses of intussusception, even in transient and nonobstructing cases. MDCT is well suited to delineate the presence of the disease...

OBJECTIVES To assess trends in intussusception and to validate the coding in Hong Kong's computerised discharge information system. DESIGN Case notes were reviewed for all children under the age of 5 years who had a discharge diagnosis indicating intussusception or a procedure indicating reduction of intussusception during the 6-year period 1 July 1997 through 30 June 2003. RESULTS Intussus...