title: Postoperative intussusception in children.
abstract: Postoperative intussusception (POI) is an uncommon cause of postoperative mechanical bowel obstruction in children. Four cases of POI during a period of 15 years (1987-2001) were analysed retrospectively. Symptoms developed after a median period of 2.5 days following the operation. All cases were succesfully treated with operative manual reduction. POI occurs after a wide variety of surgical procedures and is often difficult to diagnose because the symptoms are often obscure. As a conclusion, we state that reaching a diagnose requires a high index of suspicion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Medical Faculty of Gazi University, Turkey. zafertrk@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Türkyilmaz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sönmez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Demiroğullari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karabulut
authors.forename: I O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Ozen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moralioğlu
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Başaklar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kale
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007443:Intussusception / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome