Perforated necrotizing enterocolitis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in premature infants, and the optimal treatment is uncertain. We designed this multicenter randomized trial to compare ...
To identify characteristics associated with definitive peritoneal drainage (PD) in the extremely low birth weight infant diagnosed with spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP). We also sought to ...
(HealthDay News) — For infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), peritoneal drainage followed by laparotomy is associated with reduced mortality but increased costs compared with peritoneal ...
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The quality of care to low birth weight (LBW) infants has improved as a result of modern technology and advances in neonatology. Along with this increased survival of LBW infants, the diagnosis of NEC ...
Preoperative imatinib for locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): CONVERT trial. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This abstract does ...
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but an at-home catheter system from BD has the potential to keep the entire hospital away. The PeritX system allows patients with ascites to regularly drain ...
, Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Rahul Patel of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presented "alfapump®: Totally Implantable Peritoneal Drain Pump with Urinary Bladder Drainage” Dr. Rahul ...