Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Infants with Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation versus Medical Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was performed in 26 preterm infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or spontaneous intestinal perforation at term equivalent age. Infants with surgical NEC or spontaneous intestinal perforation had significantly more brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging compared with infants with medical NEC, even after adjustment for confounders.