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Abstract

This article describes the common methods to study long-term outcomes in patients who have undergone major surgery in newborn period. It also sums up today’s knowledge on the long-term outcome of some classic newborn surgical conditions. The analysis of long-term outcomes is important to pediatric surgeons. Knowledge of long-term outcome can guide the patient’s management and principles of the follow-up throughout the patient’s childhood. It also aims to give the parents of the patient a realistic picture on the development of their child. Recent data have shown that many patients who have undergone major surgery during early childhood have significant functional aberrations at adult age. Some of these have a profound influence on the quality of life of these patients.

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Title
Long-term outcomes in newborn surgery
Author
Rintala, Risto J. 1 

1  Helsinki University Central Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital, Helsinki, Finland (GRID:grid.7737.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 0410 2071) 
Pages
57
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Dec 2023
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
01790358
e-ISSN
14379813
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-022-05325-6
ProQuest document ID
2756504060
Copyright
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