Fetal Meconium Peritonitis - Prenatal Findings and Postnatal Outcome: A Case Series, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis

CONCLUSION: Meconium pseudocysts, bowel dilation, and ascites are prenatal predictors of neonatal surgery in cases of meconium peritonitis. Fetuses with these findings should be delivered in centers with pediatric surgery services. Though the prognosis is favorable, cystic fibrosis complicates postnatal outcomes.