Letter to the editor: NICU costs are not the whole story

We read with interest the article of Bonasso and colleagues titled “Timing of enterostomy closure for neonatal isolated perforation” published in the journal online in December 2019 [1]. The authors address a familiar problem. The timing of enterostomy closure is something that lacks sufficient evidence for widespread adoption of a particular strategy, and there are concerns regarding the longer term outcomes in these patients [2,3]. We wish to raise two queries, clarification of which would strengthen the message of the article.