Complications of newborn enterostomies

Table 3 Enterostomy formation n (%)

	Overall population	Group 1	Group 2	P-value
Enterostomy location
Jejunostomy	3 (3.9)	2 (3.9)	1 (4.0)	1
Ileostomy	63 (82.9)	47 (92.2)	16 (64.0)	0.007
Colostomy	10 (13.2)	2 (3.9)	8 (32.0)	0.002
Stoma duration (wk)	12.5 (0-90)	12 (0-35)	14 (1-90)	0.468
Days until initiation of enteral nutrition	4 (1-13)	5 (3-13)	3 (1-9)	< 0.001
Requiring PN until closure	15 (21.1)	9 (18.8)	6 (26.1)	0.541
Full enteral nutrition prior to reversal	56 (78.9)	39 (81.3)	17 (73.9)	0.541
Days until full enteral nutrition	24.5 (6-209)	22 (6-87)	29 (8-209)	0.288
Days until stool via enterostomy	4 (2-27)	4 (2-14)	5 (2-27)	0.918

PN: Parenteral nutrition.