Pediatric cast syndrome

Gypsum syndrome refers to the use of different methods for the treatment of severe scoliosis or kyphosis, because the upper mesenteric artery compresses the duodenal transverse part, which leads to the emergence of acute gastrointestinal symptoms A group of syndromes. This symptom was first proposed by Willett in 1878 to describe a case of acute gastric dilatation with nausea and repeated vomiting due to the use of hip herringbone plaster. One case was reported by Shen Xia in China in 1983. In 1987, Yang Quancheng et al. Reported 3 cases, including a 6-year-old girl who had hip herringbone plaster after Chairi surgery due to congenital dislocation of the left hip joint. On the second day, she had severe crying, nausea, more bloating, and obvious bowel sound Weakened, vomited twice, stomach contents, dehydrated appearance. Part of the plaster was removed by fluid therapy at the same time. After opening the window of abdominal plaster, gastrointestinal symptoms disappeared. Evarts believes that the name gypsum syndrome is actually a misnomer because it can also be used, such as pelvic traction, spinal expander fixation, body wedge plaster correction, and skull-pelvic traction. The name of the plaster syndrome proposed by Willett is still used.

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