Loay Saleh Salman

Pediatric Surgeon, FICSP, Abn Al-Baladi Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq

Publications

  • Research   
    Ultrasound guided pneumatic reduction of intussusception:Aclinical experience from Baghdad
    Author(s): Loay Saleh Salman*, Basil Shanshool Radhi and Mohammed R Saleem

    Background: Intussusception is an important cause of small bowel obstruction in children. Non-operative reduction (NOR) is the preferable method of treatment to start with as long as there are no contraindications to its use & where facilities are available. Pneumatic reduction has become a popular therapeutic method for intussusception instead of surgery in many centers. Objective: To evaluate the success rate of ultrasound guided pneumatic reduction of intussusception and verifying the factors affecting its efficacy as initial experience in Baghdad. Patients and Methods: A prospective study of 56 eligible patients with confirmed intussusception managed over the period of eighteen months from March 2016 to September 2017 in Baghdad. The procedure was performed under ultrasound guidance after adequate resuscitation. Those patients with unsuccessful first attempt of pneumatic reduc.. Read More»

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