Is mortality rate influenced by the site of involvement in neonates undergoing laparotomy for necrotizing enterocolitis?

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of disease site on the mortality rate of newborns with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) undergoing exploratory laparotomy.

Methods: The study used prospective cohort of 141 consecutive newborns with NEC who underwent laparotomy from November 1991 to December 2005.

Results: One hundred nineteen (84.

Color Doppler sonography of normal and torsed testicular appendages in children.

Objective: The purpose of our study was to determine the size and appearance of normal and torsed testicular appendages on color Doppler sonography.

Subjects And Methods: Thirty-three patients with acute scrotal pain underwent gray-scale and color Doppler sonography and subsequent surgery. Twenty-two patients had torsion of the appendix testis, six had epididymitis, three had torsion of the testis, and two had torsion of the appendix epididymidis.