title: The pattern of intussusception in Kuwait. A review of 244 cases.
abstract: Two-hundred and thirty-three patients with 244 intussusceptions were treated in the Department of Paediatric Surgery, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait, with only one death. Our incidence was around 25 per year. The age for idiopathic intussusception fits that reported in Western countries. Kuwaitis have a lower incidence of intussusception than other nationalities living in Kuwait. Diarrhea seems to precede intussusception in about 19.1% of cases; leading points were found in 8.2%, and recurrences in 4.5% of cases, most of them following barium reduction. Our complications were high, particularly in the operated group. Barium enema has become our first line of management and it has greatly reduced complications and shortened hospitalization times. Those who present early and late are more prone to operative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Issa
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Easa
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Mahfouz
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007443:Intussusception / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D007730:Kuwait; D008297:Male; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate