Journal of pediatric surgery
Cure8 research brief
Why This Matters
Children with IBD and neurodevelopmental disorders may face different perioperative courses after colectomy — notably longer preoperative stays, greater need for nutritional support, and higher risk of postoperative pneumonia. Knowing this can help families and care teams plan perioperative care and monitoring.
Who Should Pay Attention
Pediatric IBD clinicians and surgeons; perioperative care teams; parents/caregivers of children with IBD and neurodevelopmental disorders; researchers in pediatric surgical outcomes.
Study Snapshot
Story typeResearch paper
Evidence typeResearch paper
Source depthJournal abstract
What To Know
This study used NSQIP-P data (2019–2023) to compare perioperative outcomes for children with inflammatory bowel disease who underwent total or partial colectomy, separating those flagged with neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) from those without.
Children with NDD (3.6% of the cohort) had longer preoperative hospital stays and were more likely to need preoperative nutritional support. After adjustment, NDD was associated with a markedly higher odds of postoperative pneumonia; other differences seen on univariate analysis did not remain significant in multivariable models.
The study is limited by the NSQIP-P "developmental delay" variable, which groups diverse neurodevelopmental conditions and lacks diagnostic granularity. The authors recommend future work with more detailed NDD classification and richer perioperative variables in national datasets.
Keep In Mind
Findings come from a retrospective national surgical quality database using a broad NSQIP-P variable for developmental delay; the study shows associations and calls for more granular NDD data. Summary grounded in the article abstract.
Source Details
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Research paper
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PublicationJournal of pediatric surgery
AuthorsTiffany Y Cheng, Su Yeon Lee, Gabriella Sehres +2 more
Institution2335 Stockton Blvd, Room 5107, Department of Pediatric General, Thoracic, and Fetal Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Electronic address: Tymcheng@health.ucdavis.edu.
Study typeJournal article
Indexed viaPubMed
Source typeResearch paper
PublishedSep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
Content availableJournal abstract
Conflict statement: Declaration of Interest Statement ☒ The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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