Surgical ligation, not transcatheter closure, associated with a higher severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infant intervened for patent ductus arteriosus.

Yu-Jen WeiYing-Tzu JuMin-Ling HsiehChung-Dann KanYung-Chieh LinJieh-Neng Wang

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2023)

Compared with the transcatheter approach, surgery for PDA in extremely preterm infants is associated with severe BPD at discharge. Further large-scale studies are needed to determine the exact mechanism.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
low birth weight
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
preterm birth
early onset
density functional theory
case control
surgical site infection
gestational age
coronary artery disease
drug induced
molecular dynamics