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Surgery on Children

Surgery on Children Journal aims to publish issues related to Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric Vascular Surgery, Pediatric Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatric Ear Nose Throat, Ophthalmology, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Pediatric Urology, Pediatric Surgical Intensive Care Clinic, and other clinical surgery fields on children of the highest scientific and clinical value at an international level and accepts articles on these topics.

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Suspecting the unsuspected: spontaneous colonic perforation in healthy children
Abstract
Colonic perforation is a notorious entity in surgical domain attributing to high morbidity and mortality. Luckily enough this is a rare and sporadic event in pediatric patients, specifically when it comes to spontaneous idiopathic type. The neonates are known to have colonic perforations due to certain known conditions like Hirschsprung’s disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, anorectal malformation, meconium ileus and atresia. Beyond infancy the incidence of spontaneous colonic perforations has a steep decline owing to diminution of congenital and developmental causes. In this case report we bring forth a case that we encountered as an acute abdomen secondary to idiopathic colonic perforation

Keywords : Colonic, child, spontaneous, perforation

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Volume 1, Issue 4, 2024
Page : 105-107
https://doi.org/10.51271/SOC-0024
Article Information
Received : 13 Haz 2024
Accepted : 01 Eki 2024
Published : 05 Ara 2024
Corresponding Author :

Fatima Al zahra: Department of General Surgery, King Saud Hospital, Qassim, Saudi Arabia

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Citation : Al Zahra F, Gunasekar S, Sibyan H. Suspecting the unsuspected: spontaneous colonic perforation in healthy children. Surg Child. 2024;1(4):105-107.

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