European study showed that children with congenital anomalies often underwent multiple surgical procedures at different ages across Europe.
Ester GarneMaria LoaneJoachim TanElisa BallardiniJoanna BrigdenClara Cavero-CarbonellAlessio CoiMads DamkjaerLaura Garcia-VillodreMika GisslerJoanne GivenAnna HeinoSue JordanElizabeth LimbAmanda NevilleAnke RissmannMichele SantoroIeuan ScanlonStine Kjaer UrhojDiana WellesleyJoan MorrisPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2023)
A third of children with congenital anomalies required surgery during infancy and often more than one procedure was needed before age five years. There was no European consensus on the preferred age for surgery for some anomalies.