Spontaneous intestinal perforation followed by necrotizing enterocolitis in an extremely low birth weight neonate: case report and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Ashraf H. M. Ibrahim (Author), Hamad A. Hader (Author), Hatem Alsherbiny (Author), Mahmoud R. A. Hussein (Author), Safwan A. Khan (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: SpringerOpen, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) is usually an isolated perforation occurring most commonly in the terminal ileum of neonates with very low birth weight (VLBW) and extreme low birth weight (ELBW) of unknown etiology. It can be identical to perforated necrotizing enterocol...