Protrusion of a bowel segment into another (intussusception) produces severe abdominal pain and culminates in intestinal obstruction. In adults, intestinal obstruction due to intussusception is relatively rare phenomenon, as it accounts for minority of intestinal obstructions in this population demographic. Organic lesion is usually identifiable as the cause of adult intussusceptions, neoplasms...

BACKGROUND age related differences in the management and outcomes of children with ileocolic intussusception have not been previously published. The purpose of this study is to compare the differences in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric ileocolic intussusception based upon age in general hospitals. METHODS a review was made of pediatric patients treated for intussusception at 11 hospitals...

PURPOSE To detect major acute gastroenteritis virus (rotavirus, norovirus, astrovirus, and enteric adenovirus) and non-enteric type of adenovirus (AdV) in the stools of intussusception patients and to investigate the clinical role of detected viruses. METHODS From March 2012 to February 2013, major acute gastroenteritis virus and non-enteric type of AdV were isolated from stool samples that c...

BACKGROUND Reduction of intussusception under ultrasound guidance by saline has become popular in recent years. However, methods, duration of the procedure and causes of failure are not defined. In this study, we reviewed the patients who underwent ultrasound (US) guided saline reduction and compared them with those who were previously managed by operative intervention. METHODS Patients with ...

Intussusception in adults is uncommon, and it is rare in the descending colon because of its fixation to the retroperitoneum. We herein describe a case of intussusception caused by descending colon cancer. A 74-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for treatment of vomiting and abdominal pain. He had undergone chemotherapy for lymph node recurrence of stomach cancer for about 4 years. Compu...

Pneumatic or air enema under ultrasound guidance is the most recently developed technique for non-surgical treatment of pediatric intussusception with obvious advantage of radiation-free. The first case of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital who was successfully treated for uncomplicated ileocolic intussusception by this technique is hereby reported. The clinical history, methods for diagnosis...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are rare in paediatric patients and have a discrete clinicopathological and molecular divergence from that observed in adults. In the present report we present a case of a 2-month-old female in whom colonic gastrointestinal stromal tumour acted as a lead point of colocolic intussusception. Laparoscopically assisted reduction of the intussusception and res...

AIMS To find out an easier way of reduction of intussusception during open surgery to avoid unnecessary bowel injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS Under general anesthesia, before laparotomy, warm normal saline was infused into the rectum with a Foley catheter and an intravenous drip set maintaining the level of the bottle at 80 cm above the operating table. After opening the abdomen, pressure was a...

Most bowel intussusceptions in adults have a leading point. However, there have been few reports of jejunojejunal intussusception secondary to a solitary juvenile polyp in adult. We report herein the case of a 19-year-old female with a solitary juvenile polyp in the jejunum causing intussusception. Laparoscopic-assisted reduction and segmental resection of the jejunum were successfully done for...

Abstract Background Intussusception is the most common abdominal emergency in children. The first line treatment of uncomplicated pediatric intussusception enema reduction. Until now, there have been no multi-center studies comparing effectiveness and safety UGHR FGAR intussusception. aim this study was to compare two commonly used methods intussusception: ultrasound-guided hydrostatic reductio...