[Total parenteral nutrition in pediatric surgery].

The authors emphasize theoretical and practical aspects which do of TPN a very important therapeutic support in paediatric surgery, especially of newborn. Authors report synthetically their cases of the last two years; then they discuss some aspects related to TPN (management) linging in particular over possible complications. Authors conclude affirming that the risk of such complications in well equipped Intensive Care should be not considered a brake to utilization of TPN, basic support to survival and good results in the most serious paediatric surgical pathology.