Abstract

VELARDE PAREDES, P; CHUMBE MENDOZA, G  and  VILCHEZ APONTE, J. Recurrent neonatal gastric perforation: An unusual case report. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.2, pp.167-173.  Epub Apr 18, 2023. ISSN 1814-5469.  http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5694.

Neonatal gastric perforation is a rare but potentially fatal pathology; its recurrence is even more infrequent, and there are few reports in the international literature. We present the case of a premature newborn (32 weeks) and low birth weight (1725g) who, on the first day of life, presented a surgically corrected gastric perforation and on the fourth postoperative day was re-operated with a presumed diagnosis of gastric raffia dehiscence, finding a new gastric perforation, which was surgically repaired. On both occasions, the surgical intervention was early. The subsequent evolution and outcome were favorable.

Keywords : spontaneous perforation; stomach; perforation; newborn. (source: mesh-nlm).

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