8-year-old boy undergoes emergency surgery for perforated stomach.

On the afternoon of November 9th, Quang Ngai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital announced that its doctors had successfully performed emergency laparoscopic surgery to repair a perforated stomach in an 8-year-old boy from Nghia Phuong commune (Tu Nghia district, Quang Ngai province). The patient's health is now stable.

Earlier on November 6th, the aforementioned child was transferred to Quang Ngai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital due to intermittent abdominal pain, vomiting, and no fever.

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

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

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

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Doctors performed laparoscopic surgery to repair the perforated stomach of the child. They also cleaned the abdominal cavity and inserted a drainage tube. After the surgery, the child was transferred to the Surgical Department for further treatment.

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

"Parents need to pay proper attention to their children's health to avoid unfortunate complications. When a child shows signs of epigastric pain, dull or continuous pain, abdominal rigidity, inability to eat, and no improvement with medication... these are suspicious signs of perforation of a hollow organ, most commonly the stomach or duodenum, and the child should be taken to the hospital immediately," Dr. Duy advised.

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