Intussusception among Children in South-West Region of Saudi Arabia : a retrospeetive study of 22 patients

Abstract EN

-Records of the 22 patients under 15 years of age who presented with small bowel obstruction due to intus-susception to King Fahad Hospital at A1 Baha, south-west Saudi Arabia, between October 1981 and August 1992, were studied.

Seventeen trials of hydrostatic enema reduction were performed with a success rate of 41%'؛ only آ.

ا of them received covering antibiotics prior to the procedure.

Ten patients had signs of small bowel obstruction, six of whom had hydrostatic reduction trial which succeeded in one patient only.

During surgical reduction of intussusception, in-cidental appendectomy was performed on 9 out of the 17 patients.

The other eight patients who retained their appendix did not show any signs of acute appendicitis while still in hospital.