A Case Report: Gastric Perforation in An Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant
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Jun 7, 2019
Keywords:
gastric perforation pneumoperitoneum premature infants very low birth weight infants
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Abstract
Background : Gastric perforation is an extremely rare condition with high mortality rates in preterm infants. Definite causes of this disease are remained unknown.
Case report : A case of extremely low birth weight infant with abdominal distention and pneumoperitoneum was diagnosed of gastric perforation. He was managed by early resuscitation and primary surgical repair.
Conclusion : Early diagnosis and prompt resuscitation and prompt surgical intervention may improve the prognosis of gastric perforation.
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2. Katerine TF, Samuel R and Daniel JL. Structural anomalies of the gastrointestinal tract. In: Avery’s Disease of the
Newborn. 10th ed. Elsevier. 2018;1046.
3. Pulzer f, Bennek J, Robel-Tillig E, et al. Gastric perforation in newborn. Lancet. 2004;363:703.
4. Grosfeld JL, Molinari F, Chaet M, et al. Gastrointestinal perforation and peritonitis in infants and children:
Experience with 179 cases over ten years. Surgery 1996;120:650-6.
5. Terui K, Iwai J, Yamada S, et al. Etiology of neonatal gastric perforation: a review of 20 years’ experience. Pediatr
Surg Int 2012;28:9-14.
6. Babayigit A, Ozaydin S, Cetinkaya M, et al. Neonatal gastric perforation in very low birth weight infants: a single
center experience and review of the literature. Pediatr Surg Int 2018;34:79-84.
7. Messina M, Molinaro F, Ferrara F, et al. Idiopathic spontaneous intestinal perforation: a distinct pathological
entity in the preterm infant. Minerva Pediatr 2009;61:355-60.
8. Vanderhoof JA, Pauley-Hunter RJ. Gastrointestinal disease. In: Avery’s Pathophysiology and Management of the
Newborn. 7th ed. Wolters Kluwer. 2016;724-5.
9. Prashant SP, Abhaya G, Paras LK, et al. Gastric perforation in two neonates: Spontaneous? Secondary to feeding
tube: A case report. SM J Pediatr Surg 2016;2(1):1009.
10. Aydin M, Zenciroglu A, Hakan N, et al. Gastric perforation in an extremely low birth weight infant recovered with
percutaneous peritoneal drainage. Turk J Pedtr 2011;53:467-70.
11. Byun J, Kim HY, Noh SY, et al. Neonatal gastric perforation: Asingle center experience. World J Gastrointest Surg
2014;6(8):151-5.
12. Venkataraman A, Vareli A, Misra D, et al. Neonatal Gastric Perforation: A case series. Int J Case Rep Images
2017;8(5):296-9.