title: Percutaneous peritoneal drainage in isolated neonatal gastric perforation.
abstract: A comment on the article by He et al, "Idiopathic neonatal pneumoperitoneum with favorable outcome: A case report and review", published on World Journal of Gastroenterology that reported a case of idiopathic neonatal pneumoperitoneum, possibly due to gastric perforation, with a favorable outcome without surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Mustafa Aydin, Ugur Deveci, Erdal Taskin, Mehmet Kilic, Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig 23119, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.affiliation: Mustafa Aydin, Ugur Deveci, Erdal Taskin, Mehmet Kilic, Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig 23119, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Deveci
authors.affiliation: Mustafa Aydin, Ugur Deveci, Erdal Taskin, Mehmet Kilic, Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig 23119, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taskin
authors.affiliation: Mustafa Aydin, Ugur Deveci, Erdal Taskin, Mehmet Kilic, Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig 23119, Turkey.
authors.forename: Unal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bakal
authors.affiliation: Mustafa Aydin, Ugur Deveci, Erdal Taskin, Mehmet Kilic, Department of Pediatrics-Neonatology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig 23119, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilic
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Antibiotic; Conservative management; Gastric perforation; Intestinal perforation; Newborn infant; Percutaneous peritoneal drainage; Pneumoperitoneum