Clinical analysis was performed on 660 cases of the intussusception treated at the Masan Fatima Hospital from January 1981 to December 1995. Also the frequency of the intussusception in the central area of Kyung Nam province from January 1991 to December 1995 was studied. The results were as follows. 1) The intusssusception was most commonly occured between 6 months to 9 months of age(28.6%). Male to female ratio was 2.06 : 1. 2) The frequent symptoms and signs were abdominal pain(80.9%), bloody stool(68.3%), vomiting(63.9%), and palpable abdominal mass(43.6%). 3) The incidence of types of intussusception were ileo-colic(50.0%), ileo-ileo-colic(41.2%), ileo-cecal(6.3%), colo-colic(2.1%) and ileo-ileal(0.4%) in order. 4) The chance of intestinal resection was increased in the case of symptom duration over 24 hours(P<0.01). 5) Barium reduction was attempted in 660 cases(100%) and achieved successful reduction in 364 cases(55.2%). Operative treatment was performed in 296 cases(44.8%), of which manual reduction was carried out in 267 cases(90.2%), intestinal resection in 17 cases(5.8%) and spontaneous reduction was noted in 12 cases(4.0%). 6) Wound infection developed in 12 cases(4.0%) was the most commonly observed postoperative complication. 7) The recurrent rates of the barium enema and operation were 9.1% and 7.1%, resepctively. 8) The operative mortality was 0.2%. 9) The incidence of intussusception in Kyung Nam central area from 1991 to 1995 were as followings : 5.55/1000 live birth in 1991, 5.65/1000 live birth in 1992, 5.03/1000 live birth in 1993, 5.00/1000 live birth in 1994 and 4.03/1000 live birth in 1995.
Barium ; Child* ; Enema ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence* ; Infant* ; Intussusception* ; Live Birth ; Male ; Mortality ; Postoperative Complications ; Wound Infection