title: Spontaneous gastrointestinal perforation in the neonate.
abstract: Twenty seven cases of spontaneous gastro-intestinal perforation were treated from 1981 to 1990. Four perforations were in the stomach, 17 in the small bowel and seven in the large bowel. One of them had dual perforation, one in the stomach and another in the duodenum. The exact etiology remained obscure. Various factors observed were maternal obstetric complications, prematurity and perinatal asphyxia. Stress should be laid on early diagnosis by following up 'at risk neonates' thus, giving a better overall survival rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, SPM Child Health Institute of S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaffar
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015996:Survival Rate