Intussusception in Infancy and Childhood

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Abstract
WITH a detailed analysis of 152 cases of intussusception seen at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, a report of 32 patients treated primarily by barium-enema reduction has been presented.1 Since that time hydrostatic-pressure reduction of intussusception by barium enema under fluoroscopic control has been the treatment of choice in intussusception at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.2 Between the 1950 report1 and January 1, 1958, 47 additional cases of unequivocal intussusception were recognized at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. There are a number of additional cases in which the diagnosis of intussusception was strongly suspected but in which either spontaneous reduction is assumed to . . .