Background and Procedure. Outcomes in children with teratomas collected between October 1982 and December 1995 in cooperative protocols of the German Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology (GPOH) were analyzed. Teratomas were diagnosed in 329 (42%) of 780 registered patients with germ cell tum
Intussusception in infancy and childhood
β Scribed by I. F. Hutchison; B. Olayiwola; D. G. Young
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 311 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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β¦ Synopsis
Summary
A total of 209 cases of intussusception treated at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, in the past decade has been reviewed. The results are compared with similar reports for the two preceding decades from the same hospital. The mortality rate has fallen; there were 5 deaths in this series, 2 of these deaths occurring some months after the presentation with intussusception and death being caused by dissemination of lymphosarcoma. The continuing delay in diagnosis is apparent.
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