TITLE:
Addressing Challenges in the Management of Paediatric Intussusceptions in the District Hospital
AUTHORS:
Senyo Gudugbe, Jonathan Cuthbert Balea Dakubo, Samuel Essoun
KEYWORDS:
Intestinal Obstruction, Pneumatic Reduction, Developing Country, Paediatric Surgery
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.4 No.4,
November
13,
2014
ABSTRACT: Intussusception is the
leading cause of intestinal obstruction in children and its management can be
challenging especially in centres with inadequate resources where this problem
becomes more daunting. Nineteen cases of intussusception in the paediatric age
group which were managed by medical officers in a district Hospital in Ghana
are discussed. The outcomes of cases treated by open surgery, and those managed
by pneumatic reduction were studied. We highlight the use of an improvised set
up used in achieving pneumatic reduction thereby obviating operative reduction.