BACKGROUND Postlicensure data has identified a causal link between rotavirus vaccines and intussusception in some settings. As rotavirus vaccines are introduced globally, monitoring intussusception will be crucial for ensuring safety of the vaccine programs. METHODS To obtain updated information on background rates and clinical management of intussusception, we reviewed studies of intussuscep...

INTUSSUSCEPTION IS THE invagination of a portion of the intestine, called intussusceptum, into the lumen of an adjacent segment of intestine, called intussuscipiens, in the direction of the normal peristalsis or occasionally in a retrograde direction. The intussusceptum is composed of an inner or entering wall and an outer or returning wall. The first description of intussusception appears in 1...

OBJECTIVE Adult intussusception (AI) is a rare entity and differs from childhood intussusception in its presentation, etiology, and treatment. It accounts for 1/30,000 of all hospital admissions, 1/1300 of all abdominal operations, 1/30-1/100 of all cases operated for intestinal obstruction and one case of AI for every 20 childhood ones. This study was designed to review the mode of presentatio...

China introduced a new policy regarding the management of antibiotic use. We evaluated the reasonableness of antibiotic use among children suffering from intussusception before and after policy. A retrospective study was conducted involving 234 young children with intussusception who were treated between January 1, 2011 and December 30, 2013. Demographics and detailed antibiotics regimens were ...

Intussusception is a relatively rare condition in the adult population and is commonly secondary to a malignant process. Eight to twenty percent of cases of adult intussusception are thought to be idiopathic. In children, infection has been proven to precipitate intussusception in the absence of any other cause. We present a rare case of intussusception in a healthy adult patient secondary to s...

We present the case of a 76-year-old man with gastroduodenal intussusception secondary to a gastric hyperplastic polyp. Intussusception in the adult population occurs infrequently. Our patient presented with gastroduodenal intussusception, which is very uncommon and accounts for <10% of all types of intussusception. This case is unique in that partial endoscopic resection of the gastric hyperpl...

Intussusception is a common surgical presentation in paediatrics, however it rare adults. It reported to be the cause of as few 1% small bowel obstruction cases adults.1 Unlike majority paediatric presentations which tend idiopathic, almost all adult are secondary pathological lesions.2,3 We present case ileocolic intussusception 32-year-old male with no significant past medical history. CT abd...

A 55-day-old male baby underwent an exploratory laparotomy and a radical left nephro-ureterectomy with peri-hilar and para-aortic lymph nodal dissection for a left sided Wilms’ tumor. Postoperative course was smooth until 4thpostoperative day when mild abdominal distension and bilious nasogastric (NG) tube drainage of 95 ml was noticed. An x-ray abdomen was inconclusive while ultrasound (US) ab...

AIM To identify factors differentiating pathologic adult intussusception (AI) from benign causes and the need for an operative intervention. Current evidence available from the literature is discussed. METHODS This is a case series of eleven patients over the age of 18 and a surgical consultation for "Intussusception" at a single veteran's hospital over a five-year period (2011-2016). AI was ...

By the age of five years, between 1 in 40 and 1 in 77 children in Europe and the USA will have been hospitalised for rotavirus diarrhoea. Although health care and economic costs of the illness are high, mortality in developed countries is very low. In contrast with the developing world, and despite considerable efforts to educate carers in simple oral rehydration therapy, it is estimated that 6...