Sudden Death Caused by Enterocolitis after Duhamel's Operation for Hirschsprung's Disease.
- Author:
Youn Joon PARK
1
;
Seong Min KIM
;
Jai Eok KIM
;
Eui Ho HWANG
;
Seok Joo HAN
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sjhan@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hirschsprung's disease;
Enterocolitis;
Sudden death
- MeSH:
Death, Sudden;
Enterocolitis;
Hirschsprung Disease;
Humans;
Infant;
Postoperative Complications
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2008;75(3):216-219
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hirschsprung's disease is a common functional obstructive disease in infants, and a lot of knowledge and experience have been accumulated about this disease. But the exact genesis of Hirschsprung's disease is still unknown, as well as there is a lack of knowledge about the pre- or postoperative complications. Enterocolitis is a common and serious complication that can cause death. The authors experienced sudden death with three cases that were treated with Duhamel's operation under the confirmed diagnosis of the Hirschsprung's disease. To prevent such sudden and unexpected death, we report here on some of the medical procedure that we performed for these 3 patients.
