Recurrent Gastric Perforation in a Neonate Recovered after Primary Surgical Repair and Percutaneous Peritoneal Drainage.
10.14734/kjp.2015.26.4.360
- Author:
Hye Rim PARK
1
;
Ji Eun RYU
;
Sung Hoon CHUNG
;
Yong Sung CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. feelhope@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant;
Gastric Perforation;
Drainage
- MeSH:
Drainage*;
Female;
Gestational Age;
Humans;
Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight;
Infant, Low Birth Weight;
Infant, Newborn*;
Infant, Premature
- From:Korean Journal of Perinatology
2015;26(4):360-364
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Neonatal gastric perforation is a rare but fatal disease, occurred mainly in preterm infants. In general, primary surgical repair is the main treatment. To the best of our knowledge, there has been only one report of improvement of gastric perforation in neonates after percutaneous peritoneal drainage alone. We describe a case of gastric perforation in a premature extremely low-birth-weight infant girl of 25(+4) weeks gestational age. We present this case to emphasize that gastric perforation may improve with percutaneous peritoneal drainage.
