TY  - JOUR
T1  - JEjunal intussusception of the newborn
AU  - LEWIS J
Y1  - 1939/09/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990090112008
JO  - American Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 558
EP  - 563
VL  - 58
IS  - 3
N2  - Intestinal obstruction is unusual in the neonatal period, occurring in 1 of every 20,000 newborn infants, according to Tow.1 However, Cruickshank2 found at postmortem examination that 3 of a series of 800 neonatal deaths (between birth and the fourth week) were due primarily to obstruction of the large bowel. These intestinal obstructions may be caused by congenital occlusion by developmental bands or membranous outgrowths, a tumor of the intestinal wall or its contiguous structures, the formation of a mucous plug, volvulus or intussusception. Of these possible causes of intestinal obstruction, one of the most unusual is intussusception. Hunter3 in 1789 discussed the surgical pathology of intussusception. Hutchinson,4 in his report of successful operative treatment for intussusception in 1874, stated that the first successful operation was reported in 1784.5 However, Ashhurst6 declared that the first successful operative reduction of intussusception was reported in 1672 by
SN  - 0096-8994
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990090112008
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1939.01990090112008
ER  -