Bedside Surgery in Critically Ill Neonates: Moving Beyond the Mortality Paradox

The recent systematic review and meta-analysis by Cassaro et al. comparing bedside versus conventional operating room surgery in critically ill neonates has generated significant interest in the pediatric surgical community [1]. The authors report a striking 6.8-fold higher mortality rate in the bedside surgery group (OR 6.780, 95% CI: 3.948–11.644, p