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Clinical study of intussusception in infants and childhood.
Sang Joo Han, Yeon Sung Lim, Bae Young Kim, Won Il Park, Kung Ja Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(11):1489-1495.   Published online November 30, 1989
Intussusception is an invagination of a segment of the gastrointestinal tract into an adjacent segment. It is the most common cause of acquired intestinal obstruction during infancy and early childhood. We compared the results of treatment with Barium Enema in 33 cases with that of Controlled Air Insufflation in 31 cases from January, 1985 to December, 1987. The results were as follows: 1) In age incidence, 86%...
A Clinical Observation of Intussusception in Infants and Children: Comparing the results of barium enema with that of controlled air insufflation.
Nam Heon Kim, Won A Park, In Ho Kim, Churl Young Chung, Sang Woo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1982;25(7):708-716.   Published online July 31, 1982
Intussusception which is the mot frequent cause of intestinal obstrucsion in childhood, is the invagination of a segment of the gastrointestinal tract into an adjacent segment. Since 1927, barium enema under fluoscopic guidance has been used widely as a therapeutic method. In 1953, Fiorito and Cuestas reported the use of controlled insufflation of air for diagnosis and treatment of intussusception....
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