Long-term follow-up of patients with necrotizing enterocolitis.

Background/purpose: Despite the rise in the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), there is a paucity of data regarding long-term patient outcome. The authors examined functional outcome of infants with NEC (n = 103) treated at our institution between 1991 and 1995.

Methods: The authors reviewed the medical records of infants who were treated both operatively and nonoperatively, n = 103.