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  • Title: Meconium ileus: a review 1972-1990.
    Author: Docherty JG, Zaki A, Coutts JA, Evans TJ, Carachi R.
    Journal: Br J Surg; 1992 Jun; 79(6):571-3. PubMed ID: 1611456.
    Abstract:
    This article reviews the management and mortality of 53 neonates with meconium ileus and cystic fibrosis treated in one paediatric surgical centre from 1972 to 1990. Forty-four patients (83 per cent) presented with simple meconium ileus and 26 of 40 patients in this group were successfully treated with Gastrografin enemas. Four patients suffered a perforation as a result of the enema (perforation rate 5 per cent). The 1-year survival rate for simple meconium ileus was 81 per cent and for complicated meconium ileus 75 per cent.
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