🔵 [PAS 2026] - Does It Matter How You Close a PDA for Neurodevelopment?
The Incubator Channel · 26 Apr 2026 · 21 min
Summary
A PAS 2026 conference research presentation of a Vermont Oxford Network analysis of over 11,000 extremely low birth weight infants comparing transcatheter versus surgical PDA closure on Bayley-4 neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 to 24 months, finding no difference between techniques but low scores in both groups. The speaker also discusses framing family counselling around centre expertise and neurodevelopment rather than closure technique.
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