Background The current standard treatment of neonates with intestinal perforation is
surgery. However, the mortality rate after surgical treatment for intestinal perforation is very …

Interventions/Outcomes: All patients except for one case of laparotomy were conservatively
treated and cured with fasting, infection prevention, rehydration, abdominocentesis, and …

Aims: This study aims to analyze the outcome of pediatric patients with spontaneous
pneumoperitoneum and describe our experience. Settings and Design: A retrospective …

BACKGROUND Spontaneous pneumoperitoneum (SP) without gastrointestinal perforation
rarely occurs in neonates, with most SP cases being idiopathic. Although SP usually follows …

Pneumoperitoneum in preterm infants is a surgical emergency as it is usually indicative of
intestinal perforation. Rare cases of idiopathic pneumoperitoneum have been described in …

Pneumoperitoneum in newborns is usually an emergent surgical condition which indicates
alimentary tract perforation and therefore threatens the life. However, there are some non …

The presence of air in the peritoneal cavity demonstrated radiographically as the crescent of
air under the diaphragm is termed pneumoperitoneum. The causative agents may be …

Background: Pneumoperitoneum without any gastrointestinal (GI) perforation or peritonitis is
entitled spontaneous pneumoperitoneum. We aimed to describe a radiological perspective …

The article presents two cases of two extremely low-birthweight infants (ELBWI) who
received synchronized nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (SNIPPV) and …

BackgroundPneumoperitoneum is defined as the presence of free air in the peritoneal
cavity. It is a surgical emergency that represents in 90% of the cases with a hollow viscus …