Conference
The changing face of surgical indications for necrotizing enterocolitis
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare the proportion of operations for acute necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and post NEC strictures.
METHODS: The authors reviewed 195 charts of children referred to our institution for NEC or post-NEC strictures between 1990 and 1999. Seventy-one children were classified as Bell stage I and were excluded. The remaining 124 patients were classified as either Bell stage II or III and formed the basis of …
Authors
]tter ABU; Flageole HELEN; Laberge J-M
Volume
37
Pagination
pp. 496-499
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2002
DOI
10.1053/jpsu.2002.30873
Conference proceedings
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Issue
3
ISSN
0022-3468