PROGNOSIS OF SURGICAL NEONATES

Surgical neonates are a subclass of patients having wide differences in physiology, anatomy, diseases, immunity and response to the stress, as compared to older patients. Previously, dealt by the general surgeons, the prognosis and outcome of many surgical conditions of neonates were poor as many of them were considered mortal at that time. Even the congenital malformations that have excellent outcome today had poor outcome at that time. The outcome started improving with the development of pediatric surgery specialty that utilized new procedures, modify previous approaches and provided adequate postoperative care to pediatric patients and neonates. The outcome and prognosis varies disease to disease. Generally speaking many neonatal surgical disorders have now good outcome especially anorectal malformations, hirschsprung’s disease etc.