Spontaneous gastrointestinal perforation in the neonate
Prabhakar, G.; Agarwal, L.D.; Shukla, A.; Zaffar, M.; Sharma, C.S.; Sharma, S.C.; Sharma, A.K.
Indian Pediatrics 28(11): 1277-1280
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-6061 PMID: 1808048 Document Number: 381619
Twenty seven cases of spontaneous gastro-intestinal perforation were treated from 1981 to 1990. Four perforations were in the stomach, 17 in the small bowel and seven in the large bowel. One of them had dual perforation, one in the stomach and another in the duodenum. The exact etiology remained obscure. Various factors observed were maternal obstetric complications, prematurity and perinatal asphyxia. Stress should be laid on early diagnosis by following up 'at risk neonates' thus, giving a better overall survival rate.