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This study reported our experience of bedside patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation for prematurity in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Between April 1992 and March 2006, 41 very-low-birth-weight premature infants underwent PDA ligation in the NICU. There were 18 male and 23 female infants. The mean gestational age and birth weight were 26.9 weeks and 900.9 g, respectively. Preoperatively,...