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&NA; Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating condition that mainly affects premature infants. Advanced cases of NEC require surgical treatment, which in up to 70% of infants is associated with… Click to show full abstract
&NA; Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating condition that mainly affects premature infants. Advanced cases of NEC require surgical treatment, which in up to 70% of infants is associated with significant perioperative morbidity including anastomosis‐ or enterostomy‐related complications, sepsis, peritonitis, and wound infections. Moreover, the perioperative complications may compromise the long‐term gastrointestinal and neurodevelopmental outcome of patients requiring surgery for NEC.
Keywords:
surgery;
following surgery;
complications following;
necrotizing enterocolitis;
perioperative complications
Journal Title: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Year Published: 2018
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