PMID: 640348May 1, 1978Paper

Necrotizing enterocolitis (ischemic enteropathy) with the sequel of colonic atresia

Gastroenterology
H E BeardmoreE Outerbridge

Abstract

Two cases of acquired colonic atresia subsequent to necrotizing enterocolitis (ischemic enteropathy) in the neonatal period are reported. These infants were noted to have complete atresia of the colon in the region of the splenic flexure 8 and 11 weeks after small bowel resection and ileostomy formation. Recognition of this and other late sequelae of ischemic enterocolitis becomes critical to the successful outcome of these patients as survival rates increase.

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