A Child's Acute Intestinal Intussusception and Literature Review

• Main Authors: Romeo Thierry Yehouenou Tessi MD (Author), Siham El Haddad MD (Author), Koudouhonon Rita Oze MD (Author), Wend-Yam Mohamed Traore MD (Author), Jusly Amour Dinga Ekadza MD (Author), Nazik Allali MD (Author), Latifa Chat MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute intestinal intussusception remains a surgical emergency in infants and young children aged 3 months to 3 years. It results from the incarceration of the upstream intestinal segment in the downstream segment. In the majority of cases it is idiopathic, but can be secondary to certain pathologies...