Emergency surgery for an 8-year-old boy with a perforated stomach

On the afternoon of November 9, Quang Ngai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital announced that its doctors had successfully performed an emergency endoscopic surgery to repair a perforated stomach of an 8-year-old boy in Nghia Phuong Commune (Tu Nghia District, Quang Ngai). The patient's health has stabilized.

Previously, on November 6, the above-mentioned child was transferred to Quang Ngai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital with the reason of intermittent abdominal pain, vomiting, and no fever.

After clinical examination, doctors from the Department of Pediatrics and Gastroenterology and the Department of Surgery of Quang Ngai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital conducted a consultation and performed necessary tests such as abdominal ultrasound, standing abdominal X-ray...

The results determined that the child had a perforated hollow organ, so the doctors ordered emergency surgery.

Doctor Pham Xuan Duy, Head of Surgery Department (Quang Ngai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital), checks the health of a child patient.

QUANG NGAI OBSTETRICS AND PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL

Doctors performed laparoscopic surgery to suture the perforated stomach of the child. At the same time, they cleaned the abdominal cavity and drained it. After surgery, the child was transferred to the Department of Surgery for further treatment.

Doctor Pham Xuan Duy, Head of the Department of Surgery (Quang Ngai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital), said that gastric perforation in children is very rare and can easily be misdiagnosed with other acute diseases such as acute appendicitis, enteritis, intestinal obstruction, etc. If not diagnosed and operated on promptly, it will lead to severe peritonitis, which is life-threatening.

"Parents need to pay proper attention to their children's health to avoid possible unfortunate complications. When your child has signs of epigastric pain, dull or continuous pain, stiff abdomen, inability to eat, medication does not help... these are signs of suspected perforation of a hollow organ, commonly a perforation of the stomach or duodenum, so take your child to the hospital immediately," Dr. Duy advised.

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