Spontaneous perforation of the stomach in the neonate.

Abstract

Three full-term female neonates developed gastric perforation during their first week of life. All three experienced severe postnatal asphyxia and improved following resuscitation. A linear perforation located in the prepyloric area was found in these patients. Direct closure was successfully performed in all three neonates. Asphyxia seems to be a major predisposing factor in neonatal gastric perforations. Focal gastric ischaemia and acid peptic activity may play part in the pathogenesis in these cases.

• Authors: O Zamir, A Hadary, M Goldberg, S Nissan
• Journal: Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie : organ der Deutschen, der Schweizerischen und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fur Kinderchirurgie = Surgery in infancy and childhood (Z Kinderchir) Vol. 42 Issue 1 Pg. 43-5 (Feb 1987) ISSN: 0174-3082 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 3551383 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Female
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Rupture, Spontaneous
• Stomach Diseases (diagnosis, surgery)
• Suture Techniques