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Neonatal Gastric Perforations: Are They Really Spontaneous?

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We report a case of 4-day-old male infant who developed rapid abdominal distension with progression to shock. Abdominal radiography showed free gas under diaphragm for which emergency laparotomy was done revealing a perforation in the greater curvature of the stomach that was sutured after excising surrounding ischemic stomach wall.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India

    Gaurav Gupta & Sachin Kumar

  2. MMIMSR, Mullana, Ambala, India

    Sangeeta Gupta

  3. JNMC Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, India

    K. B. Golhar & Swapnil Deshpande

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This is a case report titled Neonatal gastric perforations: Are they really spontaneous? Patient was admitted in our hospital & operated by us.

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Gupta, G., Kumar, S., Gupta, S. et al. Neonatal Gastric Perforations: Are They Really Spontaneous?. Indian J Surg 76, 319–320 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-013-0980-7

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