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Digestive & GastrointestinalSevere
Intussusception
Pediatric Surgery · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Severe
Severity
Uncommon — the most common cause of bowel obstruction in children under 2 years of age
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pediatric Surgery
Specialist
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💊Treatment Options
- 1Prompt diagnosis
- 2typically confirmed with ultrasound
- 3allows for treatment with a non-surgical air or contrast enema
- 4which uses controlled pressure to push the telescoped bowel back into its normal position and is successful in the majority of cases when performed early. If the enema is unsuccessful
- 5or if there are signs of bowel perforation or severe illness
- 6emergency surgery is required to manually reduce the intussusception or remove any damaged segment of bowel. Recurrence can occur and warrants prompt re-evaluation.
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