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Last updated: 02/17/2009
BOOKS
"Congenital Anomalies: Gastrointestinal Defects." In TheMerck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, edited by Mark H. Beers, MD, and Robert Berkow, MD. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 1999.
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Scott A. and Jay L. Grosfeld. "Pediatric Surgery: Intussusception." In Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 2001.
Wyllie, Robert. "Ileus, Adhesions, Intussusception, and Closed-Loop Obstructions." In Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 16th ed. Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company, 2000.
PERIODICALS
Chahine, A. Alfred, MD. "Intussusception."eMedicine,April 4, 2002 [cited May 4, 2003].
Irish, Michael, MD. "Intussusception: Surgical Perspective."eMedicine, April 29, 2003 [cited May 4, 2003].
Waseem, Muhammad and Orlando Perales. "Diagnosis: Intussusception."Pediatrics in Review 22, no. 4 (April 1, 2001): 135-140.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Family Physicians. PO Box 11210, Shawnee Mission, KS 66207. (800) 274-2237.
American Academy of Pediatrics. 141 Northwest Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098. (847) 434-4000.
American College of Radiology. 1891 Preston White Dr., Reston, VA 20191-4397. (800) 227-5463.
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Intussusception is a condition in which one portion of the intestine "telescopes" into or folds itself inside another portion. The term comes from two Latin words, intus, which means "inside" and suscipere, which means "to receive." The outer "receiving" portion of an intussusception is called the intussuscipiens; the part that has been received inside the intussuscipiens is called the intussusceptum. The result of an intussusception is that the bowel is obstructed and its blood supply gradually cut off. Surgery is sometimes necessary to relieve the obstruction.
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Biliary colic is the presenting symptom in 80% of patients with gallstone disease who seek medical care; however, only 10-20% of all individuals with gallstones experience severe gallstone pain.
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