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01.01.2008
Ultrasound guided intussusception reduction: are we there yet?
Erschienen in:
Abdominal Radiology
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Ausgabe 1/2008
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Excerpt
An 8-month old boy presented to the pediatric surgery service with a 3-day history of irritability and vomiting followed by passage of currant jelly stool over the last 24 h. The patient was referred to radiology for an ultrasound study, which revealed the diagnosis of ileo-colic intussusception. An air enema for reduction under fluoroscopic guidance was recommended. A total of five attempts at intussusception reduction was made, with the total time of 40 min spent in the fluoroscopic suite and a radiation exposure time of 9 min, using pulsed fluoroscopy. The intussusception could not be reduced, and surgical reduction was recommended. …