title: Neonatal intestinal obstruction.
abstract: We reviewed 36 cases of neonatal intestinal obstruction admitted to our surgical unit over a 10-year period, 1986-1996, for surgical intervention following the failure of conservative treatment. There were more males than females and the age range was 12 hours-26 days. Imperforate anus was the main cause of the obstruction (27.8%) followed by duodenal atresia (13.9%) and colonic atresia and meconium ileus (11.1% each). There were 8 deaths following surgery (22% mortality rate), the main causes being aspiration pneumonia, septicaemia and hypothermia.
authors.affiliation: Basra General Hospital, Basra, Iraq.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Nasir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rahma
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kadim
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000150:complications; D002423:Cause of Death; D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D007493:Iraq / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution