Postoperative necrotizing enterocolitis following incarcerated inguinal hernia repair: report of a case.
The postoperative development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) following major surgery in neonates has often been described. We report herein the case of an older infant in whom postoperative NEC developed following emergency repair of an incarcerated inguinal hernia.
Türkyilmaz
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey.
Sönmez
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D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000209:etiology*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications