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Observational Study of Surgical Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolotis
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT01223261
Purpose
The purposes of this study were: 1) to compare mortality and postoperative morbidities in
extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants who underwent initial laparotomy or drainage for
necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or isolated intestinal perforation (IP); 2) to determine the
ability to distinguish NEC from IP preoperatively and the importance of this distinction on
outcome measures; and 3) to evaluate the association between extent of intestinal disease
determined at operation and outcome measures. All ELBW infants born at participating NRN
centers were screened for the presence of NEC or IP that was thought by the pediatric surgeon
and neonatologist to require surgical intervention. Data were collected enrolled infants,
including: intraoperative findings recorded by the surgeon and specific post-operative
complications. Neurodevelopmental examinations were conducted on surviving infants at 18-22
months corrected age.
Official Title
Observational Study of Surgical Treatment of Necrotizing Enterocolotis or Isolated Intestinal Perforation
Stanford Investigator(s)
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305