Surgical treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis: single-centre experience from Saudi Arabia

Conclusion: The most common indication for laparotomy in NEC was pneumoperitoneum. We performed laparotomy in drain-managed patients when stable; 40% of such patients survived. We preferred gangrene resection and enterostomy to RA. Mortality and morbidity in the RA group were higher than that in the stoma group; dead RA patients had multifocal disease. Survival rate of laparotomy-NEC patients (66.66%) was comparable to that of other centres.
Source: Annals of Pediatric Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research