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20May 2017 OUR EXPERIENCE IN ULTRASOUND GUIDED SALINE REDUCTION IN CHILDHOOD INTUSSUSCEPTION. J. Muthukumaran , D. Vembar , V.Gomathi and P.Praveen. Professor and HOD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Institute of Child Health, Chennai, India. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Institute of Child Health, Chennai, India Department of Pediatric Surgery, Institute of Child Health, Chennai, India.

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  • Materials and Methods: Thirty five children with intussusception were subjected to saline reduction

  • The technique of ultrasound guided saline reduction used by us was the same as that for conventional hydrostatic barium reduction, in which barium and fluoroscopy were replaced by water and real-time ultrasonography

  • Use of an enema for nonsurgical reduction of ileocolic intussusception in infants and children was initiated more than 80 years ago [4],[5]

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

OUR EXPERIENCE IN ULTRASOUND GUIDED SALINE REDUCTION IN CHILDHOOD INTUSSUSCEPTION. J.Muthukumaran MBBS, DLO, MS, MCh1, D.

To study the feasibility and efficacy of ultrasound guided saline
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