Development of a predictive model for severe adverse outcomes following surgery for neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: a nomogram study based on postoperative intestinal failure beyond 42 days and death

Gestational age, history of asphyxia, multiple birth, preoperative sepsis, and postoperative short bowel syndrome (SBS) were identified as key risk factors for intestinal failure occurring beyond 42 days postoperatively or death. The nomogram developed using these factors provided a quantitative, simple, and intuitive tool for clinical risk assessment of postoperative outcomes in patients with NEC.