Correlation between pneumoperitoneum and surgical findings and morbidity and mortality in newborns with necrotising enterocolitis

• Autori principali: Vanesa Villamil (Autore), María Fernández-Ibieta (Autore), María Amparo Gilabert Ubeda (Autore), María Josefa Aranda García (Autore), Ramón Ruiz Pruneda (Autore), Juana María Sánchez Morote (Autore), José Ignacio Ruiz Jiménez (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Elsevier, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Introduction: Surgical intervention in necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is correct when there is intestinal gangrene. This is evident when gangrene produces perforation and pneumoperitoneum, with this being the only universally accepted radiological indication for the surgical intervention of NEC. Ob...