The role of abdominal ultrasound in surgical decision making for necrotizing enterocolitis - PubMed
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- Abdominal ultrasound (AUS) is a real-time, radiation-free tool for assessing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in infants.
- Traditional diagnosis relies on abdominal radiography, but AUS offers functional bowel assessment as an additional method.
- The role of AUS in determining the need for surgery in NEC cases remains unclear and requires further study.
- Observational studies exist, but there is a lack of well-designed prospective trials on AUS for NEC diagnosis and surgical decision-making.
- NEC is a severe gastrointestinal complication primarily affecting preterm infants and full-term infants with congenital heart disease.