title: [Meconial peritonitis: conclusions based on 53 cases].
abstract: The study of 53 patients with neonatal meconium peritonitis (MP) over a twenty-two year-period, the largest surgically-treated series at a single centre, is presented. Three different types of MP were established: Generalized, Localized and Cystic. Prognosis and surgical techniques to be used were determined by each MP type. The following survival rates achieved: for Generalized MP, 70% with "one stage" and 89% with "two stage"; for Localized MP, 80% with "one stage" and 100% with "two stage" and for Cystic MP, 57% with "two stage". The overall survival rate was 77%, rising to 85% in the last fifteen years, probably due to the advent of parenteral nutrition and advances in neonatal intensive care.
authors: Departamento Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Materno-Infantil Valle Hebrón, Barcelona.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Martínez Ibáñez
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Boix-Ochoa
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Lloret Roca
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Ruiz
mesh_terms: D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000150:complications; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Peritonitis meconial: conclusiones sobre 53 casos.