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Long-term outcomes of severe surgical necrotizing enterocolitis

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Article · Feb 2020 · 1 min read

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In brief

This study examines long-term survival and morbidity in infants with severe surgical NEC requiring extensive bowel resection. Outcomes include intestinal failure rates, dependence on parenteral nutrition, and developmental sequelae in survivors with residual short bowel.

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Abstract

Purpose

We sought to describe long-term outcomes of infants with severe surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Methods

Data were collected on infants with surgical NEC (2009–2018). Severe surgical NEC was defined by extensive bowel loss with residual bowel length

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