2010
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.62621
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Routine surgical intervention for childhood intussusception in a developing country

Abstract: Intussusception in our setting is characterized by late presentation, high rate of bowel resection, and high mortality. Surgery may remain our main stay of treatment until deficiencies in time to diagnosis, specialized facilities, and personnel improvement.

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“…The average incidence of intussusception, (0.1/1000) reported in the current study was similar to the findings by Ekenze et al [23] in the same study locale, Enugu, but much lower than the 56 cases per 10,000 reported in Switzerland [24] and other developed countries [2].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…The average incidence of intussusception, (0.1/1000) reported in the current study was similar to the findings by Ekenze et al [23] in the same study locale, Enugu, but much lower than the 56 cases per 10,000 reported in Switzerland [24] and other developed countries [2].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…[10] This finding is similar to that of Keita et al [10] The classical clinical features of vomiting, abdominal pain, passage of bloody mucoid stool, and palpable abdominal mass are the most predominant findings in our study, and this concur with reports from available literature. [5,6,14] Most of the patients in this study presented late to the hospital as in the previous report and studies carried out in other centres [1,4,[9][10][11] with a mean duration of 3.4 days Data extracted from available literature from developed countries reported significantly lower post-operative mortality rate. [12,13] This cannot be said of in our sub-Saharan region.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 59%
“…Most literature reports agree with our findings. [1,4,6,10] However, Abdur-Rahman et al, [9] as well as Osifo et al, [11] in Nigeria observed a much lower peak age group incidence of 3-6 months.…”
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confidence: 99%
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