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Infants with major congenital anomalies and conditions requiring surgery and those who died or received palliative care in the first 10 days of life were excluded from the analysis. Minimal enteral feeding courses were categorized as extended if the feeding was continued for\u200a&gt;\u200a72 hours and short if the feeding was\u200a&lt;\u200a72 hours. The primary measured outcome was the time taken to regain birth weight. RESULTS: Of 217 study infants, 180 received an extended minimal enteral feeding for\u200a&gt;\u200a72\u200ah. The median time to regain birth weight was not significantly different between the extended and short minimal enteral feeding groups, median (IQR) was 10 (7\u201313) versus 8 (6\u201311), respectively (p\u200a=\u200a0.15). Extended minimal enteral feeding is associated with a significant increase in the mean duration of the total parenteral nutrition, (21.3\u00b110 versus 17.2\u00b19.3 days; p\u200a=\u200a0.021). Infants with prolonged minimal enteral feeding courses experienced non-significantly higher levels of necrotizing enterocolitis, late-onset sepsis, and retinopathy of prematurity. 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