Complications of newborn enterostomies

Table 10 Associations with the occurrence of severe enterostomy-related complications

	CDC < III	CDC ≥ III	P-value
n (%)	48 (65.8)	25 (34.2)
Gestational age (wk)	27 (23-38)	26 (22-41)	0.931
Birth weight (g)	867.5 (430-3370)	812 (460-3400)	0.591
Preterm infants	43 (89.6)	21 (84.0)	0.481
Age at enterostomy formation	9 (1-75)	16 (1-101)	0.159
Weight at enterostomy formation	1005 (480-3780)	1600 (450-3360)	0.699
Days until initiation of enteral nutrition after formation	4 (1-13)	4 (1-9)	0.29
Patients requiring PN until reversal	7 (14.6)	8 (32.0)	0.135
Days until full enteral nutrition after formation	24.5 (6-87)	25 (10-209)	0.634
Days until stool via enterostomy (wk)	4 (2-12)	5 (2-27)	0.487
Duration of enterostomy (wk)	13 (0-90)	12 (0-58)	0.682
Early reversal necessary	12 (25.0)	16 (64.0)	0.003
Days until initiation of enteral nutrition after reversal	2 (1-8)	2 (1-18)	0.389
Days until full enteral nutrition after reversal	7 (3-87)	12 (5-93)	0.006
Days to rectal stool	3 (1-12)	4 (1-13)	0.645

PN: Parenteral nutrition; CDC: Clavien-Dindo-Classification.