Perioperative Complications Following Surgery for Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Annika Mutanen; Agostino Pierro; Augusto Zani

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1636943

Perioperative Complications Following Surgery for Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Annika Mutanen, Agostino Pierro, Augusto Zani

Division of Pediatric Surgery

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	148-151
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1636943
State	Published - Apr 1 2018

Keywords

infant
intestinal failure
sepsis
short gut
surgical site infection

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