Spontaneous intestinal perforation in neonates: Is surgery always indicated?
The usual accepted mode of treatment of neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and pneumoperitoneum is surgical. However, in a select group of patients conservative treatment is feasible. Pneumoperitoneum without peritonitis is a rare phenomenon which creates a management problem for the trea...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | The usual accepted mode of treatment of neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and pneumoperitoneum is surgical. However, in a select group of patients conservative treatment is feasible. Pneumoperitoneum without peritonitis is a rare phenomenon which creates a management problem for the treating surgeon. We present two cases of pneumoperitoneum to discuss the non-surgical management of pneumoperitoneum and describe their outcomes. |
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| Item Description: | 0189-6725 0974-5998 10.4103/0189-6725.86076 |