Postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motility

Postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motility

Postoperative intussusception is a rare surgical complication. It typically presents as bilious emesis with abdominal pain following a symptom-free period within two weeks of either intra or extra-abdominal surgery. We present the case of a 10-year-old boy who had undergone uncomplicated open append...

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Main Authors: Arielle Spellun, Loren Berman, Stephen Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Subjects:
Postoperative intussusception
Appendectomy
Adynamic ileus
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576615300518
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spelling doaj-e38f5727893845c3879ff37933ffb66f2020-11-24T22:57:21ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662016-06-019C343610.1016/j.epsc.2016.04.002Postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motilityArielle Spellun0Loren Berman1Stephen Murphy2Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut Street #100, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USAPediatric Surgery, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803, USAPediatric Surgery, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803, USAPostoperative intussusception is a rare surgical complication. It typically presents as bilious emesis with abdominal pain following a symptom-free period within two weeks of either intra or extra-abdominal surgery. We present the case of a 10-year-old boy who had undergone uncomplicated open appendectomy. He developed abdominal pain, bilious vomiting and tenesmus at one week post-operatively, and postoperative intussusception was suspected. At laparotomy, he was noted to have an ileal–ileal intussusception.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576615300518Postoperative intussusceptionAppendectomyAdynamic ileus
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author Arielle Spellun
Loren Berman
Stephen Murphy
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Loren Berman
Stephen Murphy
Postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motility
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Postoperative intussusception
Appendectomy
Adynamic ileus
author_facet Arielle Spellun
Loren Berman
Stephen Murphy
author_sort Arielle Spellun
title Postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motility
title_short Postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motility
title_full Postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motility
title_fullStr Postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motility
title_full_unstemmed Postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motility
title_sort postoperative intussusception in 10-year-old presenting as decreased intestinal motility
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
issn 2213-5766
publishDate 2016-06-01
description Postoperative intussusception is a rare surgical complication. It typically presents as bilious emesis with abdominal pain following a symptom-free period within two weeks of either intra or extra-abdominal surgery. We present the case of a 10-year-old boy who had undergone uncomplicated open appendectomy. He developed abdominal pain, bilious vomiting and tenesmus at one week post-operatively, and postoperative intussusception was suspected. At laparotomy, he was noted to have an ileal–ileal intussusception.
topic Postoperative intussusception
Appendectomy
Adynamic ileus
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576615300518
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