Abstract

Journal of Neonatal Surgery is a peer-reviewed and open-access electronic journal. Only a few journals are being published on Neonatal Surgery especially from a developing country, which justifies the need of a new journal on this subject.

Highlights

  • A 33-week male preterm neonate with a low birth weight of 1.75kg who was born to a 25yr-old mother, through non-consanguineous marriage, was admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

  • He had passed meconium immediately after birth and feeds were started through an orogastric tube within 2 hours of life

  • Congenital short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare intestinal disorder with only 62 cases reported in the literature to date

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Introduction

A 33-week male preterm neonate with a low birth weight of 1.75kg who was born to a 25yr-old mother, through non-consanguineous marriage, was admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Aditya M,1 Vikram Khanna,1* Kashish Khanna,[3] Shristi Goel,[2] Sushma Nangia,[2] Hiramani Pathak,[1] Correspondence*: Vikram Khanna, M.S., M.Ch., Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi- 110001, India. He had passed meconium immediately after birth and feeds were started through an orogastric tube within 2 hours of life.

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