Interventions Performed to Manage Intussusception

Aims: Intussusception is the second leading cause of acute abdominal pain in preschool children and infants, which is idiopathic in origin at this stage of life. Management options include hydrostatic reduction and surgery with subsequent procedures. Considering the urgency of intussusception, the existence of multiple interventional methods, and unequal complications of these methods, this research aimed to evaluate the characteristics of intussusception patients and therapeutic interventions performed to manage intussusception in Akbar Children's Hospital in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.Methods & Materials: This descriptive cross-sectional research was performed on all children under 18 years of age, who admitted to this hospital from 2017 to 2022 and underwent reduction or surgery with the final diagnosis of intussusception. Patient information was extracted from the hospital's information system (HIS). All data were analyzed using SPSS software Version 26.Results: Totally, 348 patients were included in this research, of whom 68.4% were male. The mean age of the patients was 32.18 ±39.54 (SD) months; 35.1% were less than one year, 45.4% were between 1 and 5 years, and 19.5% were more than 5 years. Out of 348 patients, 318 (91.8%) cases had the first visit, 22 (6.5%) had the second visit, and eight (1.9%) had the third visit. Regarding the treatment type, 304 (87.5%) patients were cured with reduction, and 44 patients underwent surgery.Conclusion: This study findings showed that most of the patients (87.5%) recovered with reduction, and a limited percentage of them needed surgery, indicating the effectiveness of the reduction method.