Successful management of neonatal gastric perforation in Tripura medical college and Dr. BRAM teaching hospital-a rare case report

Aniruddha Basak; Niladri Sekhar Dey; Sathi Dhar

doi:10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20233252

Authors

Aniruddha Basak Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tripura Medical College and Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital, Agartala, Tripura, India
Niladri Sekhar Dey Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tripura Medical College and Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital, Agartala, Tripura, India
Sathi Dhar Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tripura Medical College and Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital, Agartala, Tripura, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20233252

Keywords:

Neonatal gastric perforation, Pneumoperitoneum

Abstract

Gastric perforation in the newborn is a rare surgical emergency in our practice area; nevertheless, since the earlier it is diagnosed, the better the prognosis, it is a possibility that we must be aware of. Perforation would be suspected in an infant with severe abdominal distension and diagnosis is confirmed with simple abdominal X-rays, including anteroposterior and lateral projections with horizontal ray, on which pneumoperitoneum will be shown. We report the case of a neonate diagnosed with gastric perforation at 72 hours of age who underwent a successful surgical intervention and was able to go home clinically healthy 14 days later.

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