SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF LIVER HEMORRHAGE IN THE PREMATURE-INFANT

Intraoperative neonatal liver hemorrhage usually results in exsanguina tion and death. The parenchyma of a neonatal liver is fragile, and the capsule is very thin, unlike that in the pediatric and adult patient. This renders the treatment of a neonatal liver fracture almost univer sally unsuccessful. The current report describes two cases of successf ul management of intraoperative neonatal liver hemorrhage during surge ry for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Copyright (C) 1998 by W.B. Sau nders Company.