WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Dr. Majid Khalid Ali, Dr. Mohammed Shamil Younis Khayyat and Dr. Ranaa Nafei Majeed

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study the management of intussusception by air insufflation in comparison with the traditional surgical methods from the point of cost and hospital stay. Patients and Methods: A prospective study of 78 cases of intussusception. All of our patients were managed at Al-Khansa’a Teaching Hospital between December 2020 and March 2023. Result: The method of air insufflation was used as the initial procedure in 31 cases. Surgery was used in cases with late presentation and in cases where air-reduction failed, or thought to be unsuccessful. There was only one recurrence following air insufflation reduction of intussusception giving an incidence of 4.1%, and no bowel perforation was encountered during the performance of the procedure. The operative findings of those patients with failed air insufflation reduction were recorded. In only 3 of them, there were resection of gangrenous bowel. No specific lead points were found in any of these seven patients. Conclusion: From this small prospective study we concluded that air- insufflation is a safe, simple and very effective method of treating intussusception.