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Pattern and outcome of childhood intestinal obstruction at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria
Background: Intestinal obstruction is a common cause of pediatric surgical emergency with a high morbidity and mortality in Africa. Methods: A retrospective review of cases managed from January 1996 to December 2005 at a teaching hospital in Southwestern, Nigeria was done to examine the pattern of...
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| 001 | oai:repository.ui.edu.ng:123456789/12697 | ||
| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 720 | |a Ogundoyin, O. O. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Afolabi, A. O. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Ogunlana, D. I. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Lawal, T. A. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Yifieyeh, A. C. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2009 | ||
| 520 | |a Background: Intestinal obstruction is a common cause of pediatric surgical emergency with a high morbidity and mortality in Africa. Methods: A retrospective review of cases managed from January 1996 to December 2005 at a teaching hospital in Southwestern, Nigeria was done to examine the pattern of causes of intestinal obstruction in children and the management outcome. Results: One hundred and thirty cases were seen over the study period with an age range of 2 hours to 14 years. Majority (61.24%) were infants, while 18.46% were neonates. Fifty-five cases (42.31%) were due to congenital causes while the rest were of acquired causes. The major causes of intestinal obstruction in the study were intussusception (29.23%), anorectal malformations (22.31%), obstructed inguinoscrotal hernia (16.92%) and Hirschsprungís disease (13.85%). Surgical site infection and sepsis were the commonest complications observed with an overall complication rate of 60.78%. The mortality rate was 3.08% and most (75%) occurred in neonates. Conclusion: While mortality as an outcome of management is low, the morbidity was very high in this study. | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a 1680-6905 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a ui_art_ogundoyin_pattern_2009 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a African Health Sciences 9(3), pp. 170-173 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12697 | |
| 653 | |a Childhood intestinal obstruction | ||
| 653 | |a Pattern | ||
| 653 | |a Management outcome | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Pattern and outcome of childhood intestinal obstruction at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria |