Rajesh Pandey, Joleen Dako, Sarah Venus, Deepak Kumar, Maroun Mhanna
OBJECTIVE: Compare outcomes of extremely low-birthweight (ELBW) infants following early (before discharge) versus late (after discharge) inguinal hernia (IH) repair. STUDY DESIGN: In a retrospective study of ELBW infants with IH, data were abstracted for clinical characteristics, IH and related outcomes. RESULT: Of the 39/252 (15.4%) ELBW infants who developed IH, those with early (59%) versus late (41%) repair were comparable in birth weight (753 ± 158 versus 744 ± 131 g, p = 0...
October 2017: Journal of Maternal-fetal & Neonatal Medicine