Intussusception following a baby walker injury

Authors
Conners, GP Weber, CE Emmens, RW
Citation
Gp. Conners et al., Intussusception following a baby walker injury, J EMERG MED, 17(2), 1999, pp. 269-271
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Aneshtesia & Intensive Care
Journal title
JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
ISSN journal
07364679 → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
269 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0736-4679(199903/04)17:2<269:IFABWI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Serious abdominal injury as a result of a fall in a baby walker has not bee n previously reported. We present the case of a 13-month-old boy who develo ped intussusception following a fall down five stairs in a baby walker. Att empted hydrostatic reduction was unsuccessful. At operation, a bowel wall h ematoma, serving as a lead point, was identified. This case adds another ty pe of injury to the list of those previously associated with baby walker us e, (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc.