Epithelial functions of the residual bowel after surgery for necrotising enterocolitis in human infants.

Objectives: Information on epithelial functions of the residual small or colonic bowel after resection for necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in human infants is scarce. Our aim is to evaluate epithelial functions in the intestinal resection margins of tissue obtained at bowel resection for acute NEC and consecutive stoma closure.

Materials And Methods: Epithelial morphology, proliferation, and protein expression were (immuno)histochemically studied.