The effect of gestational age on clinical and radiological presentation of necrotizing enterocolitis.

Background/purpose: To test the hypothesis that clinical and radiological features of necrotizing enterocolitis vary with gestational age in all neonates with NEC and in subgroup of surgically treated patients.

Methods: This was a retrospective study case series. NEC cases treated in Stockholm County from 2009 to 2014 were identified in the National Quality Register.