PMID- 34682098 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20211026 IS - 2227-9067 (Print) IS - 2227-9067 (Electronic) IS - 2227-9067 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 10 DP - 2021 Sep 23 TI - Head Growth and Neurodevelopment of Preterm Infants with Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation. LID - 10.3390/children8100833 [doi] LID - 833 AB - Spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) and surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) are intestinal conditions requiring surgical intervention in preterm infants. We aimed to compare the head growth and neurodevelopment of preterm infants with SIP and surgical NEC. A retrospective single-center study was performed in preterm infants born at less than 32 weeks of gestation and who had undergone surgery for NEC or SIP. Data from the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development 3rd Edition (Bayley-III) at 24 months of corrected age (CA) and the Korean Ages and Stages Questionnaire (K-ASQ) or Korean Developmental Screening Test (K-DST) at 36 months were collected. Among 82 eligible infants, 60 infants had surgical NEC, and 22 infants were diagnosed with SIP. Head growth was faster until CA 4 months in preterm infants with SIP than in those with surgical NEC. At 36 months, abnormal findings in the K-ASQ or K-DST were more prevalent in the NEC group than in the SIP group in the gross motor (48.2% vs. 0%, p = 0.015), fine motor (40.7% vs. 0%, p = 0.037), cognitive (55.6% vs. 12.5%, p = 0.047), and social domains (44.4% vs. 0%, p = 0.032). More studies evaluating the neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants with surgical NEC and SIP are required. FAU - Shin, Seung-Han AU - Shin SH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1469-589X AD - Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea. FAU - Kim, Ee-Kyung AU - Kim EK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7063-168X AD - Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea. FAU - Kim, Seh-Hyun AU - Kim SH AD - Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea. FAU - Kim, Hyun-Young AU - Kim HY AD - Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea. FAU - Kim, Han-Suk AU - Kim HS AD - Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 03080, Korea. LA - eng GR - NRF-2020R1F1A1077268/National Research Foundation of Korea/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210923 PL - Switzerland TA - Children (Basel) JT - Children (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101648936 PMC - PMC8534747 OTO - NOTNLM OT - necrotizing enterocolitis OT - neurodevelopment OT - preterm infants OT - spontaneous intestinal perforation COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2021/10/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/24 06:01 PMCR- 2021/09/23 CRDT- 2021/10/23 01:10 PHST- 2021/08/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/09/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/10/23 01:10 [entrez] PHST- 2021/10/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/24 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - children8100833 [pii] AID - children-08-00833 [pii] AID - 10.3390/children8100833 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Children (Basel). 2021 Sep 23;8(10):833. doi: 10.3390/children8100833.