title: Profiling adult intussusception patients: comparing colonic versus enteric intussusception.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adult intussusception is a rare entity representing 1% of all adult bowel obstruction, hospital admissions secondary to intussusception historically has ranged between .003% and .02%. There is limited knowledge regarding enteric and colonic surgical intussusception patients and their associated conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was conducted using data from the National Inpatient Sample from 1998 to 2006. The inclusion criteria were surgical patients with intussusception.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 1,178 cases of intussusception requiring surgery were isolated from the database. The mean patient age was 49.57 years, about 58% were females, 99.43% of this population was insured, and the overall mortality rate was 1.70%. Colonic resection was associated with greater mortality compared with the enteric resection group (P = .018).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This was a large study on surgical adult intussusception patients conducted in the United States. We show differences in demography, comorbidities, and potential causes between colonic and enteric intussusception.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA. ralex76@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Purnell
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Traverso
authors.forename: Oluwaseyi B
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Bolorunduro
authors.forename: Gezzer
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Edward E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Cornwell
authors.forename: Terrence M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Fullum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007443:Intussusception / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology