Table 1 Characteristics of 42 babies operated for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
Male Sex (%) | 22 (52%) |
Gestational age in weeks (median + range) | 28 (24–37) |
Birth weight in grams (median + range) | 1028 (553–4810) |
Twin (%) | 16 (38%) |
NEC location (%) | |
Small bowel | 23 (55%) |
Large bowel | 13 (31%) |
Both | 6 (14%) |
Resection length in cm (median + range) | 15 (2–50) |
Perforation with peritonitis | 23 (55%) |
Type of stoma | |
Ileostomy | 39 (93%) |
Colostomy | 3 (7%) |
Age at NECa in days (median + range) | 6 (1–55) |
Time to reversalb in days (median + range) | 124 (34–504) |