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Perforated gangrenous ileo-colic intussusception in a 9 month old Nigerian infant presenting at a private hospital: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Intussusception is the process of invagination of a bowel segment into the adjoining intestinal lumen which may cause bowel obstruction and gangrene. It commonly occurs in infants at a mean age of 9-months with male preponderance. The condition has excellent prognosis if diagnosis is m...

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Autores principales: Ani, Emmanuel Oluchukwu, Abdullahi, Lawal Barau, Ugwa, Emmanuel Ajuluchukwu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6545395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31163329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.05.007