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Rectosigmoid perforation and intestinal evisceration from transanal suction.

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Cain, WS; Howell, CG; Ziegler, MM; Finley, AJ; Asch, MJ; Grant, JP
Published in: J Pediatr Surg
February 1983

Transanal suction injuries were sustained in 1981 by five children when they sat upon uncovered swimming area drain sites. Tears of the rectosigmoid areas occurred in each with associated evisceration and loss of substantial amounts of small intestine because of mesenteric separation. These cases are reviewed.

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J Pediatr Surg

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ISSN

0022-3468

Publication Date

February 1983

Volume

18

Issue

1

Start / End Page

10 / 13

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Swimming Pools
  • Suction
  • Rectum
  • Pediatrics
  • Mesentery
  • Male
  • Intestine, Small
  • Intestinal Perforation
  • Infant
  • Humans
 

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Cain, W. S., Howell, C. G., Ziegler, M. M., Finley, A. J., Asch, M. J., & Grant, J. P. (1983). Rectosigmoid perforation and intestinal evisceration from transanal suction. J Pediatr Surg, 18(1), 10–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3468(83)80264-4
Cain, W. S., C. G. Howell, M. M. Ziegler, A. J. Finley, M. J. Asch, and J. P. Grant. “Rectosigmoid perforation and intestinal evisceration from transanal suction.J Pediatr Surg 18, no. 1 (February 1983): 10–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3468(83)80264-4.
Cain WS, Howell CG, Ziegler MM, Finley AJ, Asch MJ, Grant JP. Rectosigmoid perforation and intestinal evisceration from transanal suction. J Pediatr Surg. 1983 Feb;18(1):10–3.
Cain, W. S., et al. “Rectosigmoid perforation and intestinal evisceration from transanal suction.J Pediatr Surg, vol. 18, no. 1, Feb. 1983, pp. 10–13. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0022-3468(83)80264-4.
Cain WS, Howell CG, Ziegler MM, Finley AJ, Asch MJ, Grant JP. Rectosigmoid perforation and intestinal evisceration from transanal suction. J Pediatr Surg. 1983 Feb;18(1):10–13.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Pediatr Surg

DOI

ISSN

0022-3468

Publication Date

February 1983

Volume

18

Issue

1

Start / End Page

10 / 13

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Swimming Pools
  • Suction
  • Rectum
  • Pediatrics
  • Mesentery
  • Male
  • Intestine, Small
  • Intestinal Perforation
  • Infant
  • Humans