Abstract
MECONIUM peritonitis is a result of intestinal perforation, which may occur during uterine life, at birth or shortly after birth. When the cause is obstruction of or in the intestinal tract the perforation usually occurs some time before birth. It is detected by x-ray evidence of calcium deposits in the peritoneal cavity secondary to the sterile peritonitis. When the cause is not associated with obstruction, perforation occurs immediately before, during or after birth.1 It is manifested by increasing abdominal distention due to pneumoperitoneum.The mortality is high.2 In 1943 the first successful operation for meconium peritonitis was reported, and, since . . .
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