Acute Intussusception Following a Pull-Through Operation for Hirschsprung Disease

Abstract

Acute post-operative intussusception is a rare. This is a report of two cases of acute intestinal intussusception were observed in two children aged 14 months and 2.5 years following operation for Hirschsprung\'s disease. The first signs appeared at the tenth and the fifth post operative day after a satisfactory post-operative period. These signs were
not evocative (pains and more or less stopping of the transit).
Acute intussusception should be considered in the differential of post -The signs of premature post-operatory occlusion happen in the two weeks of the intervention in hirschsprung disease must help to mention the diagnosis of post-operative intestinal invagination.operative intestinal obstruction occurring within two week of pull-through operation forHirschsprung\'s disease.

Keywords: Post-operative intussusception, Hirschsprung\'s disease, occlusion, children.

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery Vol. 4 (1) 2007: pp. 46-48