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Pneumoperitoneum: an absolute indication for surgery in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis?: Report of a case
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Fatih University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Surgery Today
|April 25, 2001
Abstract:
It is generally agreed that neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and pneumoperitoneum should be treated surgically. We report herein the case of a 3-day-old male newborn with NEC in whom a pneumoperitoneum subsequently developed without any cause found at laparotomy. This case is presented to discuss the nonsurgical management of pneumoperitoneum in selected patients.