Open AccessInitial Laparotomy Versus Peritoneal Drainage in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants With Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Isolated Intestinal Perforation
Author(s) -
Martin L. Blakely,
Jon E. Tyson,
Kevin P. Lally,
Susan R. Hintz,
Barry Eggleston,
David K. Stevenson,
Gail E. Besner,
Abhik Das,
Robin K. Ohls,
William E. Truog,
Leif D. Nelin,
Brenda B. Poindexter,
Claudia Pedroza,
Michele C. Walsh,
Barbara J. Stoll,
Rachel Geller,
Kathleen A. Kennedy,
Reed A. Dimmitt,
Waldemar A. Carlo,
C. Michael Cotten,
Abbot R. Laptook,
Krisa P. Van Meurs,
Kara L. Calkins,
Gregory M. Sokol,
Pablo J. Sánchez,
Myra H. Wyckoff,
Ravi Patel,
Ivan D. Frantz,
Seetha Shankaran,
Carl T. D’Angio,
Bradley A. Yoder,
Edward F. Bell,
Kristi L. Watterberg,
Colin Martin,
Carroll M. Harmon,
Henry E. Rice,
Arlet G. Kurkchubasche,
Karl G. Sylvester,
James C.Y. Dunn,
Troy A. Markel,
Diana L. Diesen,
Amina Bhatia,
Alan W. Flake,
Walter J. Chwals,
Rebeccah L. Brown,
Kathryn D. Bass,
Shawn D. St. Peter,
Christina Shanti,
Walter Pegoli,
David E. Skarda,
Joel Shilyansky,
David Lemon,
Ricardo A. Mosquera,
Myriam PeraltaCarcelen,
Ricki F. Goldstein,
Betty R. Vohr,
Isabell B. Purdy,
Abbey C. Hines,
Nathalie L. Maitre,
Roy J. Heyne,
Sara B. DeMauro,
Elisabeth C. McGowan,
Kimberly Yolton,
Howard W. Kilbride,
Girija Natarajan,
Kelley Yost,
Sarah Winter,
Tarah T. Colaizy,
Matthew M. Laughon,
Satyanarayana Lakshminrusimha,
Rosemary D. Higgins
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000005099
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , necrotizing enterocolitis , perforation , surgery , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , mortality rate , pediatrics , punching , materials science , metallurgy
The aim of this study was to determine which initial surgical treatment results in the lowest rate of death or neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in premature infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or isolated intestinal perforation (IP).