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To our knowledge, no predictive model for PDA surgery has undergone external validation. This study aimed to externally validate and update the PLASE score using an independent cohort. The PLASE score was applied to a validation dataset comprising infants admitted to Kanagawa Children\u2019s Medical Center between 2019 and 2024 with a gestational age of 23 to 29 weeks. Discriminative performance was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC-AUC) and the Brier score. Calibration analysis was also conducted. The PLASE score was subsequently updated using the entire dataset. The validation cohort included 127 patients\u201423 who underwent PDA surgery and 104 who did not. The PLASE score exhibited good discriminative ability, with a ROC-AUC of 0.833 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.755\u20130.911) and a Brier score of 0.125. After model updating, the ROC-AUC improved to 0.846 (95% CI, 0.810\u20130.882). 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