Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation Lead to Severe Growth Failure in Infants.

Allison L SpeerKevin P LallyClaudia PedrozaYuxin ZhangBrenda B PoindexterWalter J ChwalsSusan R HintzGail E BesnerDavid K StevensonRobin K OhlsWilliam E TruogBarbara J StollMatthew A RysavyAbhik DasJon E TysonMartin L Blakelynull null

Published in: Annals of surgery (2024)

This first ever prospective study of growth outcomes in infants with surgical NEC or SIP demonstrates that growth failure is very common, especially in infants with NEC, and persists at 18-22 months.

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