An analysis of a fourth series of eighty-nine cases of intussusception / by W. McAdam Eccles and F.F. Laidlaw.

  • Eccles, William McAdam, 1867-1946.
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[1912]
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Credit: An analysis of a fourth series of eighty-nine cases of intussusception / by W. McAdam Eccles and F.F. Laidlaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Reprinted from St. nomew’s Hospital Reports, Vol.XLVII.] AN ANALYSISXOf A. FpA SERIES OF EIGHTY-NINE OASES OF INTUSSUSCEPTION. BY W. MCADAM ECCLES, M.S., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), and F. F. LAIDLAW, M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.RC.P. We propose to give a detailed analysis of the cases, under the same headings as in the three former analyses (vols. xxviii., xxxiii., and xxxvii.). But from a clinical point of view the 89 cases of this series fall into special groups which we shall review later in further detail. We have to thank those members of the staff under whose care the cases were for their permission to use the notes. 1. Sex of the Patients.—Of the 89 cases, 60 occurred in males and 29 in females. This again bears out the fact that intussusception is more frequent in the male sex, for in this series there are 2 males to each female patient. Of the total for the four series, 185 cases, it will be seen that 118 were males and 67 females, 64.3 and 35.7 per cent, re- spectively. 2. Age of the Patients.—No less than 65 of the 89 cases were of the age of twelve months or under. One was fourteen months of age. Thirteen were between two and five years of age. One was nine years. Five were between fourteen and twenty, whilst four were over twenty-five ; the oldest case was a male aged thirty-nine, and the youngest a female infant of ten days. Taking the 96 cases previously reported, it will be seen that 128 cases of the total of 185 were infants of one year and under, a percentage of 69.1. Those between one year and five number 37, or 20 per cent. Of patients over five years there are in all 20, and of these 7 were adults. 3. Causes of the Affection.—Again in most cases the notes do not give any indication of definite causes of the lesion. VOL. XLVII. G