Measurements of normal intestinal length in preterm infants is necessary in planning
postoperative management following major bowel resection for necrotizing enterocolitis and …

THE LENGTH of the small intestine in infants and children has received little attention in the
literature. Our interest was aroused by an error in radiographic diagnosis. A film of the …

BACKGROUND: Existing data on pediatric intestinal length (IL) are limited because most
studies report postmortem values. Using prospective data, appropriate norms for IL were …

Survival following small bowell resection in 50 infants was related to the length of the
remaining bowel, presence of the ileocecal valve, normal birth weight, successful operative …

This retrospective study aims to analyze the outcome, the prognosis factors and the long-
term growth of children after extensive small bowel (SB) resection in the neonatal period …

The primary objective of this study was the establishment of a postnatal growth curve for the
very low-birth-weight infant. Only infants whose size was appropriate for gestational age and …

Neonates can now be expected to survive with very short lengths of bowel because of
advances in pediatric neonatal care and in parenteral and enteral nutrition. Most pediatric …

In this retrospective study the management of infants who had undergoneresection of more
than 50% of the small bowel as newborn infants between 1970 and 1988 was analyzed to …

Objective: To determine whether there are clinical or physical factors that could be used to
predict the duration of dependence on parenteral nutrition (PN) in infants who have …

• Small-intestine length from ligament of Treitz to ileocecal valve was measured in 183
infants and children ranging up to 15 years of age. Elongation of the intestine was rapid until …