title: Meconium ileus: a review 1972-1990.
abstract: This article reviews the management and mortality of 53 neonates with meconium ileus and cystic fibrosis treated in one paediatric surgical centre from 1972 to 1990. Forty-four patients (83 per cent) presented with simple meconium ileus and 26 of 40 patients in this group were successfully treated with Gastrografin enemas. Four patients suffered a perforation as a result of the enema (perforation rate 5 per cent). The 1-year survival rate for simple meconium ileus was 81 per cent and for complicated meconium ileus 75 per cent.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Coutts
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carachi
mesh_terms: D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium