Meconium ileus: a ten-year review of thirty-six patients

R Murshed, L Spitz, E Kiely… - European journal of …, 1997 - thieme-connect.com
R Murshed, L Spitz, E Kiely, D Drake
European journal of pediatric surgery, 1997thieme-connect.com
Of 36 neonates with meconium ileus secondary to cystic fibrosis treated over a 10-year
period, twenty-one (58%) had simple uncomplicated disease while fifteen (42%) had
complications which included perforation (5), volvulus (6) and atresia (5). Gastrografin
enema was employed in 20 infants with relief of obstruction in 8 (40%). Operative
procedures consisted of resection and primary anastomosis in seventeen patients, stomas
were fashioned in six, three had an enterotomy with irrigation only and two had Bishop-Koop …
Abstract
Of 36 neonates with meconium ileus secondary to cystic fibrosis treated over a 10-year period, twenty-one (58%) had simple uncomplicated disease while fifteen (42%) had complications which included perforation (5), volvulus (6) and atresia (5). Gastrografin enema was employed in 20 infants with relief of obstruction in 8 (40%). Operative procedures consisted of resection and primary anastomosis in seventeen patients, stomas were fashioned in six, three had an enterotomy with irrigation only and two had Bishop-Koop enterostomy. Post-operative complications developed in 5 (18%) of these 28 patients. The overall survival rate was 97%. The one death occurred in an infant with short bowel syndrome, patent ductus arteriosus, hydrocephalus and pulmonary damage. There were eight additional patients who had meconium obstruction in the absence of cystic fibrosis.
Zusammenfassung
Innerhalb von 10 Jahren wurden 36 Neugeborene mit Mekoniumileus als Folge einer zystischen Fibrose behandelt. 21 (58%) hatten einen unauffälligen Krankheitsverlauf, während bei 15 (42%) Komplikationen wie Darmperforalionen (5), Volvulus (6) und Atresie (5) zu beobachten waren. Bei 20 Kindern wurde ein Gastrographineinlauf durchgeführt, wodurch die Obstruktion bei 8 Kindern (40%) beseitigt werden konnte. Dieses konservative Vorgehen wird deshalb bei allen unkomplizierten Verläufen eines Mekoniumileus empfohlen.
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