Postoperative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in an Infant: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) following postoperative stress is a rare but life-threatening condition in infants. We report a 3-month-old infant who underwent bilateral inguinal hernia repair and developed NEC. This is the first reported case of an infant developing recurrent NEC with stricture fo...

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Autores principales: Alhalabi, Rawan, Belsha, Dalia, Rabei, Hala, Muad, Hussein, Farhoud, Heba, Nakib, Ghassan, Ba'Ath, Muhammad Eyad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10568244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37842451
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45089
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author Alhalabi, Rawan
Belsha, Dalia
Rabei, Hala
Muad, Hussein
Farhoud, Heba
Nakib, Ghassan
Ba'Ath, Muhammad Eyad
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description Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) following postoperative stress is a rare but life-threatening condition in infants. We report a 3-month-old infant who underwent bilateral inguinal hernia repair and developed NEC. This is the first reported case of an infant developing recurrent NEC with stricture formation after herniotomy. Timely recognition and management are vital due to potentially high mortality rates in severe cases. High index of suspicion is crucial for accurate diagnosis and appropriate management.
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spelling pubmed-105682442023-10-13 Postoperative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in an Infant: Case Report and Review of the Literature Alhalabi, Rawan Belsha, Dalia Rabei, Hala Muad, Hussein Farhoud, Heba Nakib, Ghassan Ba'Ath, Muhammad Eyad Cureus Pediatrics Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) following postoperative stress is a rare but life-threatening condition in infants. We report a 3-month-old infant who underwent bilateral inguinal hernia repair and developed NEC. This is the first reported case of an infant developing recurrent NEC with stricture formation after herniotomy. Timely recognition and management are vital due to potentially high mortality rates in severe cases. High index of suspicion is crucial for accurate diagnosis and appropriate management. Cureus 2023-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10568244/ /pubmed/37842451 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45089 Text en Copyright © 2023, Alhalabi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Pediatrics
Alhalabi, Rawan
Belsha, Dalia
Rabei, Hala
Muad, Hussein
Farhoud, Heba
Nakib, Ghassan
Ba'Ath, Muhammad Eyad
Postoperative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in an Infant: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Postoperative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in an Infant: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Postoperative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in an Infant: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Postoperative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in an Infant: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Postoperative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in an Infant: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Postoperative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Following Inguinal Hernia Repair in an Infant: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort postoperative necrotizing enterocolitis following inguinal hernia repair in an infant: case report and review of the literature
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10568244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37842451
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45089
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