The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2011 , Vol 53 , Num 4
Gastric Perforation in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant Recovered with Percutaneous Peritoneal Drainage
Departments of 1Neonatology and 2Pediatric Surgery, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children’s Hospital, Ankara, Turkey Aydın M, Zenciroğlu A, Hakan N, Erdoğan D, Okumuş N, İpek MŞ. Gastric perforation in an extremely low birth weight infant recovered with percutaneous peritoneal drainage. Turk J Pediatr 2011; 53: 467-470.

Neonatal gastric perforation is an uncommon but life-threatening condition, which is mainly encountered in premature infants. Primary surgical repair is the principal mode of the treatment. Gastric perforation in neonates improving with percutaneous peritoneal drainage alone has not been described previously. Therefore, an extremely low birth weight infant is presented herein in order to emphasize that gastric perforation may improve with percutaneous peritoneal drainage alone. Isolated gastric perforations in newborn infants may be improved with percutaneous peritoneal drainage alone without need for primary surgical repair. Keywords : conservative management, extremely low birth weight infant, gastric perforation.

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