title: Neonatal gastric perforations: are they really spontaneous?
abstract: We report a case of 4-day-old male infant who developed rapid abdominal distension with progression to shock. Abdominal radiography showed free gas under diaphragm for which emergency laparotomy was done revealing a perforation in the greater curvature of the stomach that was sutured after excising surrounding ischemic stomach wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana India.
authors.forename: Gaurav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana India.
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala, India.
authors.forename: Sangeeta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: JNMC Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, India.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Golhar
authors.affiliation: JNMC Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, India.
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deshpande
keywords: Gastric; Laparotomy; Neonatal; Perforation; Spontaneous