Does the initial surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis matter? Comparative outcomes for laparotomy vs. peritoneal drain as initial surgery for necrotizing enterocolitis in infants <1000 g birth weight

Space: StayCurrentMD Author: Toby Debra Yanowitz, Kevin M. Sullivan, Anthony J. Piazza, Beverly Brozanski, Isabella Zaniletti, Jotishna Sharma, Robert DiGeronimo, Sujir Pritha Nayak, Rajan Wadhawan, Kristina M. Reber, Karna Murthy, for the CHND Surgical NEC Focus Group Published:

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Toby Debra Yanowitz, Kevin M. Sullivan, Anthony J. Piazza, Beverly Brozanski, Isabella Zaniletti, Jotishna Sharma, Robert DiGeronimo, Sujir Pritha Nayak, Rajan Wadhawan, Kristina M. Reber, Karna Murthy, for the CHND Surgical NEC Focus Group

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Quantify short-term outcomes associated with initial surgery [laparotomy (LAP) vs. peritoneal drain (PD)] for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in extremely-low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants.

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Using the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Database, we identified ELBW infants

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