Ten years' experience with @entity3166 ( @entity3166 ) was reviewed retrospectively to determine long-term survival and quality of life and to analyze risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality. Institutional records were queried to identify all neonates who required emergent surgical intervention for @entity3166 . These records were then reviewed and survivors' families interviewed by phone to determine @entity1 status, persistent @entity344 , and overall quality of life. Once identified, long-term survivors (LTSs) were compared to in-hospital @entity204 by the analysis of birth weight, gestational age, time interval from birth to diagnosis, indications for laparotomy, and extent of intestinal involvement. Between 1986 and 1996, 69 @entity1 required surgical intervention for @entity3166 . Eleven @entity1 were lost to follow-up. Of the remaining 58 @entity1 , 31 were ultimately discharged home, with 28 @entity1 having survived an average of 4.18 years. The acute, or in-hospital, mortality rate was 39.1 per cent. @entity1 who died did so within an average of 23 days postoperatively, and those who were discharged home required an average of 121 days of inpatient convalescence. Twenty-one of the 28 LTSs achieved a normal quality of life with no persistent health problems. One @entity1 required a hepatic-intestinal transplant, and another six had minor problems with frequent @entity294 . Average birth weight, age at @entity3166 diagnosis, and gestational age were not significantly different between LTSs and those with acute @entity204 . @entity146 in-hospital care is warranted for @entity1 with @entity3166 . The excellent quality of life achieved in 75 per cent of survivors implies that the expense of heroic surgical care for these seriously ill premature @entity1 is a worthwhile investment.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'infants', 'Infants'] @entity3166 :: ('MESH:D020345', 'Disease') :: ['neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis', 'NNEC'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['Aggressive'] @entity294 :: ('MESH:D003967', 'Disease') :: ['diarrhea'] @entity344 :: ('MESH:D005767', 'Disease') :: ['gastrointestinal problems'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['deaths']
@entity3166 :: (MESH:D020345,Disease) :: ['Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis']
