2019
DOI: 10.15574/ps.2019.65.19
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Ultrasound in pediatric intestinal obstruction: Assessing its full potential

Abstract: Diagnosis of intestinal obstruction in children, one of the commonest surgical emergencies, may still test the acumen of the attending clinician. Any delay in diagnosis may lead to complications which carry high morbidity or may even be fatal. Besides clinical judgment, radiography plays an important role in the diagnosis. Ultrasonography, although not the investigation of choice but it does give an initial suggestion of the diagnosis in the child without any harmful effects of radiation.

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“…Postoperative adhesions prevail in the structure of both immediate postoperative complications and long-term consequences. According to modern literature data, in pediatric practice, about 5% of patients require inpatient treatment concerning the postoperative AIO, while after intervention on the small intestine this complication takes place the most often -in every 10th child [3,[5][6][7][8]. Up to 60% of all relaparotomies in children are performed for acute intestinal obstruction (IO) caused by adhesions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Postoperative adhesions prevail in the structure of both immediate postoperative complications and long-term consequences. According to modern literature data, in pediatric practice, about 5% of patients require inpatient treatment concerning the postoperative AIO, while after intervention on the small intestine this complication takes place the most often -in every 10th child [3,[5][6][7][8]. Up to 60% of all relaparotomies in children are performed for acute intestinal obstruction (IO) caused by adhesions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%